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Mit: V2G Electric-Powered Trucks, Will Save Money For Businesses
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Feb 01 2012 04:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
A company looking to purchase an electric-powered delivery truck today
. . . will likely experience some sticker shock:
. . . Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000,
. . . compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck
. . . with a standard internal-combustion engine.
The study was conducted using data collected by
. . . the international office supplier Staples, as well as
. . . ISO New England, the firm that runs New England’s electric power grid.
Using that data, the researchers modeled the costs for a fleet of
. . . 250 delivery trucks, and examined alternate scenarios
. . . in which the whole fleet used one of 3 kinds of motors:
. . . . . . purely electric engines,
. . . . . . hybrid gas-electric engines and
. . . . . . conventional diesel engines.
The researchers looked at what would happen if the fleets of trucks
. . . were part of a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system in which their batteries
. . . could be plugged into the electricity grid for 12 hours overnight,
. . . for providing reliable electricity to consumers. Truck owners would be
. . . paid by utility firms for the power services they provide.
V2G systems are currently being tested by multiple utility companies.
After running the numbers for various scenarios in which trucks
. . . are parked at slightly different times overnight,
. . . the MIT team found that businesses could earn roughly
. . . $900 to $1,400 per truck per year in V2G revenues in current energy
. . . markets, representing a reduction of 7 - 11% in vehicle operating costs.
Firms would also save money on fuel, and on maintenance,
. . . because electric trucks induce less wear and tear on brakes.
All told, the operational cost per mile,the basic metric all fleet managers use,
. . . would drop from 75 cents per mile to 68 cents per mile
. . . when V2G-enabled electric trucks are substituted
. . . for internal-combustion trucks.
Moreover, almost all these costs scale down to the individual vehicle.”
. . . Firms do not need fleets as big as 250 trucks to realize savings.
The Real surprise was the drivers’ acceptance,
. . . to the point where they do NOT ever want to drive a diesel [truck] again!
Source: MIT
. . . will likely experience some sticker shock:
. . . Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000,
. . . compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck
. . . with a standard internal-combustion engine.
The study was conducted using data collected by
. . . the international office supplier Staples, as well as
. . . ISO New England, the firm that runs New England’s electric power grid.
Using that data, the researchers modeled the costs for a fleet of
. . . 250 delivery trucks, and examined alternate scenarios
. . . in which the whole fleet used one of 3 kinds of motors:
. . . . . . purely electric engines,
. . . . . . hybrid gas-electric engines and
. . . . . . conventional diesel engines.
The researchers looked at what would happen if the fleets of trucks
. . . were part of a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system in which their batteries
. . . could be plugged into the electricity grid for 12 hours overnight,
. . . for providing reliable electricity to consumers. Truck owners would be
. . . paid by utility firms for the power services they provide.
V2G systems are currently being tested by multiple utility companies.
After running the numbers for various scenarios in which trucks
. . . are parked at slightly different times overnight,
. . . the MIT team found that businesses could earn roughly
. . . $900 to $1,400 per truck per year in V2G revenues in current energy
. . . markets, representing a reduction of 7 - 11% in vehicle operating costs.
Firms would also save money on fuel, and on maintenance,
. . . because electric trucks induce less wear and tear on brakes.
All told, the operational cost per mile,the basic metric all fleet managers use,
. . . would drop from 75 cents per mile to 68 cents per mile
. . . when V2G-enabled electric trucks are substituted
. . . for internal-combustion trucks.
Moreover, almost all these costs scale down to the individual vehicle.”
. . . Firms do not need fleets as big as 250 trucks to realize savings.
The Real surprise was the drivers’ acceptance,
. . . to the point where they do NOT ever want to drive a diesel [truck] again!
Source: MIT
