Simulating the household plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle distribution and its electric distribution network impacts

This paper presents a multi agent‐based simulation framework for modeling spatial distribution of plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle ownership at local residential level, discovering ‘plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle hot zones’ where ownership may quickly increase in the near future, and estimating the impacts of the increasing plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle ownership on the local electric distribution network with different charging strategies. We use Knox County, Tennessee as a case study to highlight the simulation results of the agent‐based simulation framework.