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DOE's Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA), INL, and testing partner Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation initiated Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) testing activities during the second half of 2006. PHEVs are similar to hybrid electric vehicles with a few exceptions - PHEVs have much larger battery packs, allowing for increased all-electric and/or electric-assist range, and PHEVs must be connected to the electric grid to fully recharge the onboard battery packs. The AVTA's PHEV activities include:

• Development of the PHEV Integrated Test Plan and Evaluation Program, which is used to conduct accelerated onroad and baseline performance (dynamometer and test track) testing
• Testing is being conducted on nine PHEV models, with most of the PHEVs from conversion companies. The conversion companies and the base models include: the Hymotion Prius, Hymotion Escape, EnergyCS Prius, Renault Kangoo, HybridsPlus Escape, HybridsPlus Prius, Electrovaya Escape, Green Car Company Prius, and E85 capable Ford Escape
• Onroad data collection has started for more than 50 PHEVs already deployed with onboard data loggers being used to capture real-world fleet operations data, including vehicle operations and charging profiles. All of the testing results will be posted on these AVTA Webpages

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Test Plan

• DRAFT Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Integrated Test Plan and Evaluation Program for Review (PDF 1.3MB)

Vehicle Testing Reports

Several types of testing have been done to date on PHEVs, including PHEVAmerica Baseline Performance testing and Accelerated testing.

2007 Hymotion PHEV Escape Conversion Baseline Performance (PHEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 175kB) Accelerated Testing Methods (PDF 26kB) and results for the Hymotion Escape (PDF 161kB) Fleet Demonstration Test Results for Hymotion Escape PHEVs (PDF 52kB)

2007 Hymotion PHEV Prius Conversion Baseline Performance (PHEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 627kB) Accelerated Testing Methods (PDF 26kB) and results for the Hymotion Prius with the Version I battery (PDF 164kB) Hymotion Prius PHEV Fleet Testing (Kvaser data logger) Summary Results to date (9/09) (PDF 449kB). 2008 Summary Results (PDF 443kB). Hymotion Prius PHEV Fleet Testing (V2Green data logger) Summary Results to date (9/09) (PDF 459kB). 2008 Summary Results (PDF 401kB). Monthly Summary Results for January 09 (PDF 381kB), February 09 (PDF 380kB), March 09 (PDF 381kB), April 09 (PDF 446kB), May 09 (PDF 447kB), June 09 (PDF 450kB), July 09 (PDF 404kB), August 09 (PDF 404kB), September 09 (PDF 453kB). Month-by-month summary Hymotion PHEV Performance with V2Green data loggers (PDF 45kB)

2007 Electrovaya Escape PHEV Conversion Baseline Performance (PHEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 630kB) Accelerated Testing Methods (PDF 26kB) and results for the Electrovaya Escape (PDF 73kB)

Hybrids Plus Escape PHEV Conversion Hybrids Plus Escape PHEV (K2 Energy Solutions Battery) Fleet Testing Summary Results (PDF 436kB) Hybrids Plus Escape PHEV (Hybrids Plus Battery) Fleet Testing Summary Results (PDF 389kB)

2006 EnergyCS PHEV Prius Conversion Baseline Performance (PHEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 2.5MB) Accelerated Testing Methods (PDF 26kB) and results for the EnergyCS Prius (PDF 158kB) EnergyCS Prius with Valance PHEV Battery Pack Fleet Testing Results for 2008 (PDF 68kB) Fleet Testing Results for first half of 2009 (PDF 99kB) EnergyCS Prius with Altairnano PHEV Battery Pack Fleet Testing Results for 2008 (PDF 64kB) Fleet Testing Results for first half of 2009 (PDF 69kB)

2003 Renault Kangoo PHEV Baseline Performance (PHEVAmerica) Testing (PDF 409kB) Accelerated Testing Methods (PDF 26kB) and results for the Renault Kangoo (PDF 168kB)

Other Information or Reports

• Effect of Driving Intensity and Incomplete Charging on the Fuel Economy of a Hymotion Prius PHEV Report - October 2009 (PDF 105kB)
• PHEV Testing and Demonstration - PHEV 09 (SLIDES) Montreal, Canada - September 2009 (PDF 2.0MB)
• Plug-In 2009: PHEV Testing and Demonstration Activities (SLIDES) August 2009, Long Beach, CA (PDF 674kB)
• PHEV Charging Infrastructure Review Report - November 2008 (PDF 837kB)
• PHEV Fuel Use Reporting Methods and Results July 2009 (PDF 1.1MB)
• Power Up Summit 2009: AVTA North America and Washington State PHEV Testing Results (SLIDES) May 2009 (PDF 3.6MB)
• PHEV Testing Results and Fleet Demonstration (SLIDES) EVS-24 Stavanger, Norway May 2009 (PDF 892kB)
• PHEV Demonstration in Seattle, Washington Area - Fact Sheet (PDF 947kB)
• PHEV Demonstration in Washington State - Fact Sheet (PDF 2.2MB)