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Table of Contents

Executive summary

Brief history of electric vehicles and market drivers
Leading electric vehicle manufacturers & outlook
Infrastructure for electric vehicles
Smart grids & smart charging
Electric vehicles and distributed storage
Future outlook

Chapter 1 Brief history of electric vehic and market drivers

Summary
Brief history of electric vehicles

Brief history of electric vehicles

Drivers of renewed interest
Increased range of electric vehicles
Falling oil production/peak oil
Gasoline and fuel prices
Legislation

Reducing emissions

Size of the market

Chapter 2 Leading electric vehicles manufacturers & outlook

Summary
Main vehicle technologies
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV)
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)
Battery-powered Electric Vehicles (BEV)

The first mass market BEVs

Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCV)
The role of utilities in EV evolution

Chapter 3 Infrastructure for electric vehicles

Summary
Charging infrastructure
Charging stations
Charging times
Increased power generation requirements
Increasing role of utilities
Vehicle and battery leasing

Chapter 4 Smart grids & smart charging

Summary
Smart grids & smart charging

Smart charging

Car manufacturers taking the lead

Smart charging standards

Who controls charging?
The role of utilities

Infrastructure investment

Public investment in the smart grid

Bi-directional power flows

Chapter 5 Electric vehicles and distributed storage

Summary
Electric vehicles and distributed storage
Battery capacity and storage opportunities

Vehicle-to-grid

Benefits of V2G

Integrating V2G into the grid

Electric vehicles and renewable generation
Energy harvesting

Chapter 6 Future outlook

Summary
Future outlook
Market outlook
United States
Europe
Japan
China
India
Infrastructure requirements in the next decade
Potential investment needed
Glossary
Index

List of Figures
Figure 1.1: World oil consumption by region, (m bls/d), 2006-2030
Figure 1.2: World oil price projections, reference case scenario, (US$), 2000-2030
Figure 2.3: Total number of registered hybrids (units) 2009
Figure 2.4: Chevy Volt
Figure 2.5: Nissan Leaf
Figure 3.6: Coloumb ChargePoint
Figure 3.7: Elektrobay
Figure 3.8: EV fuelling times
Figure 3.9: EV power requirement
Figure 4.10: Smarter Grid Model
Figure 4.11: Smart Charging 3.0
Figure 4.12: Pacific Gas & Electricity Company (PG&E) charging rates for electric vehicles
Figure 5.13: Vehicle-to-grid

List of Tables
Table 1.1: World oil consumption by region (m bls/d), 2006-2030
Table 1.2: World oil price projections, reference case scenario, (US$), 2000-2030
Table 1.3: Major EV models
Table 2.4: Major PEV announcements by OEM and year
Table 2.5: Total number of registered hybrids (units), 2009
Table 2.6: Planned hybrid launches 2010-2014
Table 2.7: Percentage change in fuel saving of hybrids (gallons/mile)
Table 3.8: Select available recharging units, Europe, US, 2009
Table 3.9: Local generation charging options for PHEV-20 vehicles
Table 3.10: EV fuelling times and power requirement
Table 3.11: US regional increase in electrical demand due to PHEVs, 2020 to 2030
Table 3.12: Local generation charging options, 2009
Table 3.13: Electric vehicles pledge - five core areas
Table 4.14: EV load and charging projections for the top 20 US metropolitan areas (MW), 2010
Table 4.15: Smart charging technologies
Table 5.16: The V2G potential of the light vehicle fleet, compared with load, in 11 OECD countries, 2006
Table 6.17: National EV and PHEV sales targets