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KASSAKIAN, Chair, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology DAVID BODDE, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina JEFF DOYLE, D’Artagnan Consulting, Olympia, Washington GERALD GABRIELSE, NAS,2 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts KELLY SIMS GALLAGHER, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (until June 2014) ROLAND HWANG, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California PETER ISARD, Consultant, Washington, D.C. LINOS JACOVIDES, NAE, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan ULRIC KWAN, IBM Global Business Services, Palo Alto, California REBECCA LINDLAND, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia RALPH MASIELLO, NAE, DNVGL, Inc., Chalfont, Pennsylvania JAKKI MOHR, University of Montana, Missoula MELISSA SCHILLING, New York University, Stern School of Business, New York RICHARD TABORS, Across the Charles, Cambridge, Massachusetts THOMAS TURRENTINE, University of California, Davis Staff ELLEN K. MANTUS, Project Codirector K. JOHN HOLMES, Project Codirector JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Board Director JOSEPH MORRIS, Senior Program Officer LIZ FIKRE, Senior Editor MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Program Officer ELIZABETH ZEITLER, Associate Program Officer IVORY CLARKE, Senior Program Assistant LINDA CASOLA, Senior Program Assistant 1 NAE, National Academy of Engineering. 2 NAS, National Academy of Sciences. PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Overcoming Barriers to Deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 1 ANDREW BROWN, JR., Chair, NAE, Delphi Corporation, Troy, Michigan DAVID T. ALLEN, University of Texas, Austin W. TERRY BOSTON, NAE, PJM Interconnection, LLC, Audubon, Pennsylvania WILLAM BRINKMAN, NAS,2 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey EMILY CARTER, NAS, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey CHRISTINE EHLIG-ECONOMIDES, NAE, Texas A&M University, College Station NARAIN HINGORANI, NAE, Independent Consultant, San Mateo, California DEBBIE NIEMEIER, University of California, Davis MARGO OGE, McLean, Virginia MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey JACKALYNE PFANNENSTIEL, Independent Consultant, Piedmont, California DAN REICHER, Stanford University, Stanford, California BERNARD ROBERTSON, NAE, Daimler-Chrysler (retired), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan DOROTHY ROBYN, Washington, D.C. GARY ROGERS, Roush Industries, Livonia, Michigan ALISON SILVERSTEIN, Consultant, Pflugerville, Texas MARK THIEMENS, NAS, University of California, San Diego ADRIAN ZACCARIA, NAE, Bechtel Group, Inc. (retired), Frederick, Maryland MARY LOU ZOBACK, NAS, Stanford University, Stanford, California Staff JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Board/Program Director DANA CAINES, Financial Associate ALAN CRANE, Senior Scientist K. JOHN HOLMES, Senior Program Officer/Associate Director MARTIN OFFUTT, Senior Program Officer ELIZABETH ZEITLER, Associate Program Officer LaNITA JONES, Administrative Coordinator LINDA CASOLA, Senior Program Assistant ELIZABETH EULLER, Program Assistant JONATHAN YANGER, Research Associate 1 NAE, National Academy of Engineering. 2 NAS, National Academy of Sciences. PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION vi Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Overcoming Barriers to Deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles 1 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE KIRK T. STEUDLE, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation, Lansing, Chair DANIEL SPERLING,
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