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The power grid is an incredibly complex and important system, and is one of the most impressive engineering works of modern times. Previous research has confirmed that electric transport is now ready to move from traditional and complex uses to be more beneficial from social, economic, political and environmental perspectives. These perspectives, in the use of intelligent transportation, contribute significantly to the provision of energy, cost and time.

In our research in this paper, we offer many assessments of transportation technology, which included evaluating a range of market-emerging Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) options. We did so in order to craft a recommendation for future grid-integration programs that will be capable of providing realistic and affordable assistance to electric utilities during summer peak periods (typically occurring about 20 days/year). This research also discusses the most opportune behind-the-meter transportation technologies and products to use for future summer peak Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) programs in California, Oregon and/or Washington.

This paper applied a multicriteria decision methodology known as the Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM). This model assessed current transportation technology to determine the technology options based on the judgments of experts who selected multiple criterions.

Keywords: Technology assessment, transportation, electric vehicles.