Configuration of Electric Vehicles for Specific Applications from a Holistic Perspective

Abstract

Electrification of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) used for passengers and goods transportation is a key strategy to reduce the high levels of air pollution in large urban centers. However, the high investment cost of the commercially available electrified HDVs has limited their adoption. We hypothesized that there are applications where the operation with tailored electrified HDVs results in a lower total cost of ownership and lower well-to-wheel emissions of air pollutants, with higher acceleration capacity and energy efficiency than the fossil-fueled counterparts. The road transportation services running on fixed routes with short span distances (2 emissions by 31%, and the total cost of ownership by 29% when compared to the current diesel-fueled buses.

Keywords

• powertrain
• energy management
• driving cycles
• energy optimization
• TCO