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Olivia J Kurtz

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In the United States, the transportation sector accounts for 28% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within the transportation sector, heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and medium-duty vehicles (MDVs) are responsible for 23% of GHG emissions. While MDV/HDV electrification would contribute to a significant reduction in GHG emissions, there are many challenges, namely expensive deployment costs of charging infrastructure and expensive vehicle ownership costs due to a large battery size requirement to support long-haul travel. Advanced charging technologies, such as dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) and megawatt charging (MWC), have been shown in the literature to be valuable charging solutions that, when deployed effectively, can support truck electrification while also decreasing the required battery size (and, consequently, cost). While economic feasibility has been assessed in the literature for the implementation of each technology separately, a coherent combined economic feasibility analysis of both technologies at a corridor level is lacking in the literature. Using vehicle data from the run on less experiment by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and traffic data from a selected corridor, this study examines the economic feasibility of concurrent implementation of DWPT and MWC with infrastructure siting based on traffic demand determined by a MATLAB model simulating the state of charge of class 5-8 vehicles throughout a corridor. Further, the study assesses the economic feasibility of the system for the user (i.e., MD/HD fleets). The analysis results can be of interest to stakeholders interested in investing in DWPT and MWC infrastructure and guide policy surrounding electric MDV/HDV uptake. Keywords: Charging Infrastructure; Commercial Vehicles; Economic Analysis

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Purdue University / 2024

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Olivia J Kurtz