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EV Growing Pains Report: 5 Year comparison of how load has changed

A year ago, I shared a report called, 'Charge The North' which shared results from a 1000 electric vehicle load profiling study. 

We have now completed an new study called, 'EV Growing pains'. This report contrasts how EV load has changed over the past 5 years (2014-2020). 

Report Overview:

  • 3900 EVs across 40 makes/models included in the study
  • 28.9 M miles of driving data 
  • 761,096 Charging sessions 
  • 8,576 MWh of charging EV load 

Report Findings:

  • Rapid shift toward LR BEVs
    – Only 14% of EV market share in 2014 to almost 70% in 2019

  • EVs are driven further and more often, resulting in greater charging demands, but charging patterns are less predictable
    – 759 miles monthly in 2014 to 1,160 miles monthly in 2019 
    – Double the energy consumption per charge session from 9 kWh to 18 kWh  

  • Increase in L2 home charging
    – 63% of charging in 2014 to 80% of charging in 2019

  • Higher powered charging
    – 6.6 kW (2014 Nissan Leaf) to 11.5 kW (2019 Tesla Model 3)
    – More than double the average summer peak load contribution from 0.41 kW to 1.01 kW

Feel free to reach out with any comments, questions or a copy of the report. 

 

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