Study: Electricity Moves Heavy Loads Cheaper Even When Diesel Prices Are Low
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Many people have tested this on a smaller scale with light-duty EVs. While EVs tend to be more expensive to buy than a comparable ICE vehicle, the overall costs are typically lower after you factor in everything from fuel costs to oil changes. This is especially true if you pay a mechanic for your automotive work instead of doing it yourself as much as possible. So, it only makes sense that the same would be true for larger vehicles, like semi trucks.
“I myself am surprised by the results and hope that more haulage companies and heavy goods vehicle manufacturers will be willing to invest in electrification now that we have shown that it can be cost-effective,” says Johannes Karlsson, doctoral student in automatic control engineering at Chalmers. “With the right battery size, it should be possible in many cases to electrify heavy goods vehicles so that the cost is the same or lower than if the they were powered by a diesel engine. The best size of battery is determined by whether light loads are being transported, such as parcels or vegetables, or heavy loads, such as drinks or timber. Other important factors that influence the choice of battery size are driving patterns and the price of fast charging.
Despite assuming a low diesel price, the research concluded that electrifying a haulage company’s fleet of HGVs is profitable, except for vehicles that primarily load up to their maximum allowed weight.
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