Carnegie Mellon Vehicle Electrification Group

The Vehicle Electrification Group at Carnegie Mellon University was founded by Professor Jeremy Michalek and Professor Jay Whitacre in 2009 to study electrified vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and battery electric vehicles. Research thrust areas include:

1. Life-cycle economic, environmental, and security implications of electrified vehicles
2. Battery technology development, design, and evaluation
3. Vehicle systems assessment, optimization, and integration with the electrical grid
4. Public policy evaluation

Top News Jan 2013 - Michalek interviewed in The Daily Beast about hybrid and electric vehicles [article]. Jan 2013 - "Cost-effectiveness of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery capacity and charging infrastructure investment for reducing oil consumption in the US" published in Energy Policy [article] [press release]. Sept 2011 - "Valuation of Plug-in Vehicle Air Emissions and Oil Displacement Benefits" published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [paper] [policy brief] [press release] [magazine article]. Feb 2011 - "Net Air Emissions from Electric Vehicles: The Effect of Carbon Price and Charging Strategies" published in Environmental Science and Technology [paper] [editor's choice, Science]. Affiliations Academic Units Civil and Environmental Engineering  Engineering and Public Policy  Mechanical Engineering  Materials Science and Engineering Research Groups Charge Car Project, of CREATE Lab Design Decisions Laboratory  Electricity Industry Center (CEIC) Green Design Institute  Whitacre Research Group and Aquion Energy