Opportunities and Challenges of Vehicle-to-Home, Vehicle-to-Vehicle, and Vehicle-to-Grid Technologies

Author

Chunhua Liu ; Chau, K.T. ; Diyun Wu ; Shuang Gao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Volume

101

Issue

11

fYear

2013

Firstpage

2409

Lastpage

2427

Abstract

Electric vehicles (EVs) are regarded as one of the most effective tools to reduce the oil demands and gas emissions. And they are welcome in the near future for general road transportation. When EVs are connected to the power grid for charging and/or discharging, they become gridable EVs (GEVs). These GEVs will bring a great impact to our society and thus human life. This paper investigates and discusses the opportunities and challenges of GEVs connecting with the grid, namely, the vehicle-to-home (V2H), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies. The key is to provide the methodologies, approaches, and foresights for the emerging technologies of V2H, V2V, and V2G.

Keywords

electric vehicles; power grids; GEV; V2G; V2H; V2V; gridable electric vehicles; vehicle-to-grid technology; vehicle-to-home technology; vehicle-to-vehicle technology; Batteries; Capacitors; Electric vehicles; Intelligent vehicles; Power grids; Reactive power; Smart homes; Electric vehicles (EVs); gridable electric vehicles (GEVs); power grid; renewable energy; smart grid; smart home; vehicle to grid (V2G); vehicle to home (V2H); vehicle to vehicle (V2V);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2013.2271951

Filename

6571224