Data Shows Electric Vehicles Could Strain Electricity Grid

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renewableenergyworld.com 03 Sep '12, 8pm

Data Shows Electric Vehicles Could Strain Electricity Grid

Real world data taken from a Texas community shows that the habits of electric vehicle owners could pose a challenge for electricity providers. The data collected is part of an ongoing study being conducted by Pecan Street, Inc. a research group based in Austin. Pecan Street is seeking to understand how people will really manage their electric vehicles in the wild and to test the assumptions that have been made about how, when, and how often people will recharge their EV batteries. To do this the company installed instruments to track the way people use their electricity within a planned community in Austin called Mueller . The Mueller community makes a perfect test lab to study such things because it is a planned community built around a renewable energy and sustainability ethos. The community is built from the start to maximize sustainability and incorporate smart grid t...

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