Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks
Battery-electric vehicles provide a pathway to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking, but the market for heavy-duty battery-electric semi-trailer trucks is nascent, and specific charging requirements remain uncertain. We leverage large-scale vehicle telematics data (>205 million miles of driving) to es...
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| description | Battery-electric vehicles provide a pathway to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking, but the market for heavy-duty battery-electric semi-trailer trucks is nascent, and specific charging requirements remain uncertain. We leverage large-scale vehicle telematics data (>205 million miles of driving) to estimate the charging behaviors and infrastructure requirements for U.S. battery-electric semi-trailer trucks within three operating segments: local, regional, and long-haul. We model two types of charging—mid-shift (fast) and off-shift (slow)—and show that off-shift charging at speeds compatible with current light-duty charging infrastructure (i.e., ≤350 kW) can supply 35 to 77% of total energy demand for local and regional trucks with ≥300-mile range. Megawatt-level speeds are required for mid-shift charging, which make up 44 to 57% of energy demand for long-haul trucks with ≥500-mile range. However, demand shifts from mid-shift to off-shift charging as the range for battery-electric trucks increases and when off-shift charging is widely available. Finally, we observe geographic trends in charging demand, finding that local trucks have greater demand within urban areas, whereas long-haul trucks have more demand along rural interstate corridors. As the range for battery-electric trucks increases, we show that charging demand shifts from rural to urban locations due to observed vehicle dwell tendencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ff52ca66cea462fadad0e2830ce560e2022-12-22T03:54:22ZengElsevierRenewable and Sustainable Energy Transition2667-095X2022-08-012100038Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucksBrennan Borlaug0Matthew Moniot1Alicia Birky2Marcus Alexander3Matteo Muratori4National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, United States; Corresponding author.National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, United StatesNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, United StatesElectric Power Research Institute, 3420 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, United StatesNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, United StatesBattery-electric vehicles provide a pathway to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking, but the market for heavy-duty battery-electric semi-trailer trucks is nascent, and specific charging requirements remain uncertain. We leverage large-scale vehicle telematics data (>205 million miles of driving) to estimate the charging behaviors and infrastructure requirements for U.S. battery-electric semi-trailer trucks within three operating segments: local, regional, and long-haul. We model two types of charging—mid-shift (fast) and off-shift (slow)—and show that off-shift charging at speeds compatible with current light-duty charging infrastructure (i.e., ≤350 kW) can supply 35 to 77% of total energy demand for local and regional trucks with ≥300-mile range. Megawatt-level speeds are required for mid-shift charging, which make up 44 to 57% of energy demand for long-haul trucks with ≥500-mile range. However, demand shifts from mid-shift to off-shift charging as the range for battery-electric trucks increases and when off-shift charging is widely available. Finally, we observe geographic trends in charging demand, finding that local trucks have greater demand within urban areas, whereas long-haul trucks have more demand along rural interstate corridors. As the range for battery-electric trucks increases, we show that charging demand shifts from rural to urban locations due to observed vehicle dwell tendencies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667095X22000228Electric vehicleEVHeavy-duty vehicleHDVFreightCharging infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Brennan Borlaug Matthew Moniot Alicia Birky Marcus Alexander Matteo Muratori Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition Electric vehicle EV Heavy-duty vehicle HDV Freight Charging infrastructure |
| title | Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks |
| title_full | Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks |
| title_fullStr | Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks |
| title_short | Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks |
| title_sort | charging needs for electric semi trailer trucks |
| topic | Electric vehicle EV Heavy-duty vehicle HDV Freight Charging infrastructure |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667095X22000228 |
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