Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids

Plug in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) use energy storages usually in the form of battery banks that are designed to be recharged using utility grid power. One category of PEVs are Electric Vehicles (EVs) without an Internal-Combustion (IC) engine where the energy stored in the battery bank is the only source of power to drive the vehicle. These are also referred to as Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The second category of PEVs, which is more commercialized than the EVs, is the Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) where the role of energy storage is to supplement the power produced by the IC engine.