FOTW #1030, May 21, 2018: Plug-in Vehicles Consumed Nearly Two Terawatt-hours of Electricity in 2017

The amount of electricity consumed by PEVs has increased nearly 100 times from 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2011 to 1.94 terawatt-hours in 2017.

Vehicle Technologies Office

May 21, 2018
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The amount of electricity consumed by plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) has increased nearly 100 times from 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2011 to 1.94 terawatt-hours in 2017. The share of electricity consumption from all-electric (BEV) increased compared to the electricity consumption from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). In 2017, BEVs accounted for about 57% of all PEV electricity consumption while PHEVs accounted for the remaining 43%.

 

Total electricity consumption by plug-in electric vehicles from 2010 to 2017