PROJECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT ELECTRIC TRUCKS

Performance and cost are projected for compact-size electric pickup trucks, suburban or panel trucks, and vans. By means of a computerized model, the curb weight, range between recharges, use of electric energy, initial costs, and life-cycle costs are projected for battery fractions ranging from 20 to 40 percent of curb weight. Improved and advanced levels of vehicular technology are considered with future lead-acid, nickel-zinc, or lithium-sulfur batteries, leading to representative designs with ranges of 160, 240, and 360 kilometers, respectively. The corresponding curb weights, energy requirements, and life-cycle costs for a given range are very sensitive to the average operating payload, rising about 50 percent as operating payload increases from a nominal test load of 136 kilograms to 1180 kilograms, the maximum considered for the compact trucks. (ERA citation 06:027344)

• Corporate Authors:

  General Research Corporation

  P.O. Box 3587
  Santa Barbara, CA  United States  93105

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Hamilton, W F
  • Curtis, R L
• Publication Date: 1979-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Fuel consumption; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Light trucks; Performance; Simulation; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Recharge
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00344703
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/CS/51180-T2
• Contract Numbers: AC03-76CS51180
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1982 12:00AM