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California Electric Fuel Implementation Strategies (CEFIS) Workshop: Presentations now online (see below)
With funding from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program and a UC Discovery Conference Grant, the TSRC convened a workshop on November 12, 2008, at UC Berkeley for some 40 industry, university, and policy experts to share their thoughts on strategies for overcoming barriers to the implementation of electric fuel for vehicles in California. Many of the presentations are available for viewing and downloading.
Strategies discussed included battery leasing, third-party ownership, supplemental revenue streams from secondary applications, and post-vehicle prospects. Focusing on lithium-ion technologies, major questions raised included:
What are the basic requirements and costs of lithium-ion propulsion batteries?
What residual value might batteries offer after their retirement from vehicular use, given various assumptions about battery life?
What additional revenue or value other than propulsion might vehicular batteries provide?
What are the pros and cons of energy-company ownership?
What are the pros and cons of rate-basing utility ownership of charging stations or the propulsion batteries themselves?
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Agenda, Speaker Bios, List of Attendees, and Presentations from CEFIS Workshop on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley.
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Welcome to California Electric Fuel Implementation Strategies Workshop (PDF 328K), TSRC Director Dan Kammen
Overview (PDF 126 K), TSRC Co-Director Tim Lipman
Challenges for Advanced Powertrain Technologies (PDF 1.3 MB), Justin Ward, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America
The Moderate Range, Full Performance BEV: High Energy Density, and Low Lifecycle Costs (PDF 1.3 MB), Peter Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics
Valuing Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles' Battery Capacity Using a Real Options Framework (PDF 468 K), Derek LeMoine, Ph. D. student, UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group
A Few Thoughts on EV/PHEV
Battery Economics and How to
Reduce First Costs (PDF 488 K), TSRC Co-Director Tim Lipman
Battery Economics and Utility Integration (PDF 276 K), Marcus Alexander, Manager, Vehicle Systems Analysis, Electric Power Research Institute
UC Discovery Conference Grant Thanks and Overview (PDF 126 K), TSRC Post-Doctoral Scholar Brett Williams
Innovative Business Models,
Ownership, and Value Streams
for Electric-Fuel Technologies (PDF 84K), TSRC Post-Doctoral Scholar Brett Williams
Alternative Battery
Cost Reducers:
Ideas from "Smart Garage Charrette" (PDF 324 K), Laura Schewel, Rocky Mountain Institute
Electric Vehicles as a Service, Jason Wolf, Better Place
Up-Front Cost versus Life-Cycle Cost Dilemma (PDF 1.1 MB), Dean Taylor, Southern California Edison
Valuable Electric Services from Plugin Vehicles, Willett Kempton Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, University of Delaware
Additional related documents of interest.
Technical and Economic Feasibility of Applying Used EV Batteries in Stationary Applications: final report, (PDF 1.8 MB) Sandia National Laboratories
November 2008 Issue of Dialogue, published by the United States Association of Energy Economics (PDF 1.8 MB)
Status and Trends in the HEV/PHEV/EV Battery Industry, David Anderson, Rocky Mountain Institute (Summer 2008) (PDF 4.2 MB)
Smart Garage Charrette, Laura Schewel, Project Manager, Rocky Mountain Institute (October 2008) (PDF 1.9 MB)
