Electric trucks: wishful thinking or the real deal?

Electric trucks: wishful thinking or the real deal?: The potential of electric tractor-trailers as a means of CO2,eq reduction in the Netherlands by 2030

Huismans, hilde (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Annema, J.A. (mentor)
Heijne, Veerle (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Electrical Engineering | Sustainable Energy Technology

2018-06-21

In this thesis a simplified vehicle model was developed using linear correlations between incidental power demand and energy usage at four different stages: 1) propulsion, 2) propulsion during braking, 3) regenerative braking, and 4) maximum regenerative power. In the model the efficiencies of: charging and discharging of the battery, the generating and motoring modes of the electric motor, transmission losses and the charging station were included. Furthermore also other Life-Cycle emissions were taken into account, namely: production and maintenance related emissions. The model and life-cycle emissions were used in combination with different missions profiles characterizing the Dutch tractor-trailer market. This led to the conclusion that the implementation of electric tractor-trailers in the Dutch transportation sector could lead to significant reductions compared to the BAU scenario. A Total Cost of Ownership was also done. This resulted in a small TCO gap in the disadvantage of the electric tractor-trailer compared to the conventional version.

Electric Vehicles
heavy duty vehicle
model development
life cycle
Emissions
TCO

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Student theses

master thesis

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