Researchers report battery utilization and energy consumption of urban-scale electric vehicles using a database of more than 3 million electric vehicles in China, along with climatic data to extend the results to urban areas outside China; the results include insights that can aid battery resource and urban power supply research, such as a change of up to 21% in energy consumption during winter-to-spring seasonal shifts, according to the authors.
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Article #20-17318: "Assessment of battery utilization and energy consumption in the large-scale development of urban electric vehicles," by Yang Zhao, Zhenpo Wang, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and Fengchun Sun.
MEDIA CONTACT: Zuo-Jun Max Shen, University of California, Berkeley, CA; tel: 925-681-9967; email: < maxshen@berkeley.edu >
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences