ABSTRACT
The plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is a unique addition to the electric grid and its incorporation is significantly changing the landscape of the electric grid in the most compelling and transformative manner since the inception of the grid. The big impact of PEV penetration to utilities is that each PEV consumes a significant amount of power per day, comparable to the power consumed by a typical household. The PEV can be considered as the mobile portion of the smart grid because it acquires energy from the grid, but is physically off the grid while consuming this energy. The connection of PEVs to the grid also requires improved means of modeling and optimization of the grid. The successful deployment of wireless PEV charging depends on achieving high end-to-end system efficiency. In order to appropriately schedule the simultaneous charging and discharging of a large number of vehicles, PEVs shall be modeled as an integral part of the grid.
