Unsettled Issues Regarding Power Options for Decarbonized Commercial Vehicles
While direct electrification appears to provide the most cost-effective route to decarbonization of commercial vehicles, uptake may be constrained by critical metal supply. Additionally, it will be many years before hydrogen power becomes decarbonized or if it can ever compete economically with direct electrification. An electric road system (ERS) could offer a highly efficient and cost-effective route to direct electrification that would greatly reduce the volume of batteries required, but pilot schemes are urgently needed to provide concrete data on operating costs for different ERS technologies. Furthermore, if plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could obtain most of their power from an ERS, liquid biofuels and “electrofuels” may prove useful for occasional off-grid range extension. To achieve extremely long-range for operation in remote locations, liquid fuels remain the only viable option.Unsettled Issues Regarding Power Options for Decarbonized Commercial Vehicles discusses the analysis required to understand the lifecycle energy use for different power options for decarbonized commercial vehicles.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
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Authors:
- Muelaner, Jody Emlyn
- Publication Date: 2021-9-14
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
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Serial:
- SAE EDGE™ Research Reports
- Publisher: SAE International
- Serial URL: https://www.sae.org/publications/edge-research-reports
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Liquid fuels; Roads
- Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01841306
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: SAE International
- Report/Paper Numbers: EPR2021021
- Files: TRIS, SAE
- Created Date: Mar 31 2022 4:53PM