Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging
The high costs of using electric vehicles (EVs) is hindering wide-spread adoption of an EV-centric decarbonisation strategy for urban freight transport. Four opportunity charging (OC) strategies—during breaks and shift changes, during loading activity, during unloading activity, or while driving on...
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| author | Teoh, Tharsis Kunze, Oliver Teo, Chee-Chong Wong, Yiik Diew |
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| description | The high costs of using electric vehicles (EVs) is hindering wide-spread adoption of an EV-centric decarbonisation strategy for urban freight transport. Four opportunity charging (OC) strategies—during breaks and shift changes, during loading activity, during unloading activity, or while driving on highways—are evaluated towards reducing EV costs. The study investigates the effect of OC on the lifecycle costs and carbon dioxide emissions of four cases of different urban freight transport operations. Using a parametric vehicle model, the weight and battery capacity of operationally suitable fleets were calculated for ten scenarios (i.e., one diesel vehicle scenario, two EV scenarios without OC, and seven EV scenarios with four OC strategies and two charging technology types). A linearized energy consumption model sensitive to vehicle load was used to calculate the fuel and energy used by fleets for the transport operations. OC was found to significantly reduce lifecycle costs, and without any strong negative influence on carbon dioxide emissions. Other strong influences on lifecycle costs are the use of inductive technology, extension of service lifetime, and reduction of battery price. Other strong influences on carbon dioxide emissions are the use of inductive technology and the emissions factors of electricity production. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/895882020-03-07T11:43:39Z Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging Teoh, Tharsis Kunze, Oliver Teo, Chee-Chong Wong, Yiik Diew School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Battery Electric Vehicle Urban Freight Transport DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering The high costs of using electric vehicles (EVs) is hindering wide-spread adoption of an EV-centric decarbonisation strategy for urban freight transport. Four opportunity charging (OC) strategies—during breaks and shift changes, during loading activity, during unloading activity, or while driving on highways—are evaluated towards reducing EV costs. The study investigates the effect of OC on the lifecycle costs and carbon dioxide emissions of four cases of different urban freight transport operations. Using a parametric vehicle model, the weight and battery capacity of operationally suitable fleets were calculated for ten scenarios (i.e., one diesel vehicle scenario, two EV scenarios without OC, and seven EV scenarios with four OC strategies and two charging technology types). A linearized energy consumption model sensitive to vehicle load was used to calculate the fuel and energy used by fleets for the transport operations. OC was found to significantly reduce lifecycle costs, and without any strong negative influence on carbon dioxide emissions. Other strong influences on lifecycle costs are the use of inductive technology, extension of service lifetime, and reduction of battery price. Other strong influences on carbon dioxide emissions are the use of inductive technology and the emissions factors of electricity production. NRF (Natl Research Foundation, S’pore) Published version 2018-10-12T02:23:06Z 2019-12-06T17:29:02Z 2018-10-12T02:23:06Z 2019-12-06T17:29:02Z 2018 Journal Article Teoh, T., Kunze, O., Teo, C. C.,& Wong, Y. (2018). Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging. Sustainability, 10(9), 3258-. doi:10.3390/su10093258 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89588 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46290 10.3390/su10093258 en Sustainability © 2018 by The Author(s). Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 20 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Battery Electric Vehicle Urban Freight Transport DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering Teoh, Tharsis Kunze, Oliver Teo, Chee-Chong Wong, Yiik Diew Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title | Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title_full | Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title_fullStr | Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title_short | Decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| title_sort | decarbonisation of urban freight transport using electric vehicles and opportunity charging |
| topic | Battery Electric Vehicle Urban Freight Transport DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering |
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