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Update Of Investigation Into Changes In Fuel Economy And Vehicle Range Related To Change In Ambient Temperature For Battery And Fuel Cell Electric Buses, Mark Henning, Andrew R. Thomas, Alison Smyth, David Higgs
Update Of Investigation Into Changes In Fuel Economy And Vehicle Range Related To Change In Ambient Temperature For Battery And Fuel Cell Electric Buses, Mark Henning, Andrew R. Thomas, Alison Smyth, David Higgs
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
This report is an update to a 2019 evaluation of the effects of changes in ambient temperature on the fuel efficiency and range of zero emission buses (ZEBs). (The 2019 evaluation is available at https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1630/). The report relies on data that was made available from transit agencies that have deployed hydrogen fuel cell electric, battery electric, compressed natural gas (CNG), and diesel buses. Additional control variables were included in this update to isolate the fuel efficiency effects associated with temperature variation. This analysis reinforces findings from the 2019 report showing that fuel economy and range for electric drive buses vary …
Procurement Strategies For Reducing Capital Costs Of Zero-Emission Buses, Alison Smyth, Justin Brightharp, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning
Procurement Strategies For Reducing Capital Costs Of Zero-Emission Buses, Alison Smyth, Justin Brightharp, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
One of the challenges to deployment and commercialization of zero-emission buses is the high capital cost of the vehicles relative to vehicles powered using conventional technologies. A strategy for reducing these costs is to increase sales volume, which has been successfully driven through funding opportunities like the Federal Transit Administration’s Low or No Emission Vehicle Program. Another strategy for increasing sales volume is to combine vehicle purchases from multiple transit agencies through a joint procurement. There have been extensive exercises in Europe to decrease the cost of fuel cell electric buses using a joint procurement strategy, with some level of …