Abstract
This study evaluates the costs and benefits associated with the use of a stationary-wireless- power-transfer-enabled plug-in hybrid electric bus and determines the cost effectiveness relative to a conventional bus and a hybrid electric bus. A sensitivity sweep was performed over many different battery sizes, charging power levels, and number/location of bus stop charging stations. The net present cost was calculated for each vehicle design and provided the basis for design evaluation. In all cases, given the assumed economic conditions, the conventional bus achieved the lowest net present cost while the optimal plug-in hybrid electric bus scenario beat out the hybrid electric comparison scenario. The study also performed parameter sensitivity analysis under favorable and high unfavorable market penetration assumptions. The analysis identifies fuel saving opportunities with plug-in hybrid electric bus scenarios at cumulative net present costs not too dissimilar from those for conventional buses.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
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| State | Published - 10 Dec 2015 |
| Event | 12th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2015 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 19 Oct 2015 → 22 Oct 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 12th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montreal |
| Period | 19/10/15 → 22/10/15 |
Bibliographical note
See NREL/CP-5400-64089 for preprintNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5400-66404
Keywords
- Conventional bus
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Hybrid electric bus (HEB)
- Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)
- Net present cost (NPC)
- Plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB)
- Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
- Quasi-static wireless power transfer