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A COMPARISON OF GRID-CONNECTED HYBRID AND HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Technical Paper
2007-24-0073
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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For fuelling road transportation in the future, particularly light-duty vehicles, there has been much speculation about the use of hydrogen and fuel cells to provide electrical power to an all-electric drive train. An alternative powertrain would use a simple battery to store electricity directly, using power from the electrical grid to charge the battery when the vehicle is not in use. The energy efficiency of these two different approaches has been compared, using a complete “energy conversion chain analysis”. The successful development and introduction into the marketplace of grid-connected hybrid vehicles could eliminate the need for road vehicles to use petroleum fuels, at least for the majority of miles traveled. If electricity were to be generated primarily from sustainable primary energy sources, then road transportation would also become sustainable, resulting in an “Electricity Economy”, rather than a “Hydrogen Economy.
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Evans, R., "A COMPARISON OF GRID-CONNECTED HYBRID AND HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES," SAE Technical Paper 2007-24-0073, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-24-0073.Also In
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