Abstract:

Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to reduce transportation-related emissions while simultaneously delivering a variety of services to the power system, including resilience during power outages. Transportation electrification, on the other hand, has increased the dependency of transportation and electricity networks, which could be problematic during extended outages. As a result, this study's analysis of the existing literature on power system and EV resilience is divided into two parts. In the first part, the use of EVs as a resilience resource for buildings, microgrids, and power systems is discussed. In addition, the use of exhausted EV batteries (second life) for resilience enhancement purposes and collective resilience of power and transport networks are also discussed. In the second part, strategies used for enhancing the resilience of EVs are discussed, which comprise onsite storage deployment, integration of renewable energy sources, design of off-grid charging stations, energy allocation to EVs during outages, and the use of EVs for evacuation during emergencies. The importance of including electric vehicles in disaster management policies is underlined in particular. The current hurdles for implementing these services, as well as research gaps in the existing literature, are then examined. Finally, based on the available findings, some suggested research directions are presented for further investigation.