Abstract
This one-page highlight details the key takeaways from a project that utilized NREL's Fleet Research, Energy Data, and Insights (FleetREDI) data analysis pipeline, an electrification analysis for the Bustang motorcoach fleet operated by All Aboard America! Holdings Inc. (AAA). NREL installed logging devices and collected operational data on nine 40-foot Bustang motorcoaches operating on fixed routes from May 2022 through August 2022. The analysis determined that partial fleet electrification may be feasible with electrified motorcoach options currently on the market. While this fleet faces significant challenges to electrification given current market options due to demanding range requirements and relatively limited charging opportunities, vehicles operating on the shorter, lower-grade routes along the I-25 corridor show more immediately available electrification potential. Increases in available battery capacity and the availability of fast-charging locations along I-70 routes are likely critical for electrification of the full fleet.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 2024 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-5400-91370
Keywords
- AAA
- Bustang
- commercial vehicle data
- commercial vehicles
- duty cycle analysis
- fleet
- fleet electrification
- Fleet Research Energy Data and Insights
- FleetREDI
- FleetREDI Insights
- motorcoach