Benefits of Electric Vehicle as Mobile Energy Storage System

The use of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles has demonstrated critical problems such as climate change, environmental pollution, and increased cost of gas. However, other power sources have been identified as replacement for ICE powered vehicles such as solar and electric powered vehicles for their simplicity and efficiency. Hence, the deployment of Electric vehicles (EVs) has grown significantly over the past eight years with 12, 000 electric vehicles sold in 2012, 430, 000 purchased in 2015 globally, while the global stock was approximated at over 7 million in 2019. Therefore, this paper reviews the benefits of electric vehicles as it relates to grid resilience, provision of mobile energy, economic development, improved environment, and infrastructure benefits. The study showed that significant adoption of electric vehicles will offer a wide range of benefits such as creation of jobs, provision of power for homes and leveling electricity demand profile amongst others.