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Medium- and Heavy-Duty Value of Technology Improvement
Technical Paper
2022-01-0529
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Improvements in vehicle technology impact the purchase price of a vehicle and its operating cost. In this study, the monetary benefit of a technology improvement includes the potential reduction in vehicle price from using cheaper or smaller components, as well as the discounted value of the fuel cost savings.
As technology progresses over time, the value and benefit of improving technology varies as well. In this study, the value of improving a few selected technologies (battery energy density, electric drive efficiency, tire rolling resistance, aerodynamics, light weighting) is studied and the value of the associated cost saving is quantified. The change in saving as a function of time, powertrain selection and vehicle type is also quantified. For example, a 10% reduction in aerodynamic losses is worth $24,222 today but only $8,810 in 2030 in an electric long haul truck. The decrease in value is primarily due to expected battery cost reduction over time. The same loss reduction in a 2030 conventional long haul truck is worth $5,117 and is primarily driven by a reduction in diesel expenditure. For conventional vehicles, the value of technology improvement is likely to increase over time as diesel price is expected to increase over the next decades while for electric vehicles, the value of technology improvement is likely to decrease as battery energy density increases and cost decreases. The study focuses on medium- and heavy-duty applications where cost of driving is of paramount importance. The savings realized from each technology improvement serve as an upper limit for how much can be spent to acquire that improvement in technology.
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Freyermuth, V., Vijayagopal, R., and Rousseau, A., "Medium- and Heavy-Duty Value of Technology Improvement," SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0529, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0529.Also In
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- Transportation Energy Data Book
- Department of Energy
- Vijayagopal , R. , Nieto Prada , D. , and Rousseau , A. December 2019
- Argonne National Laboratory https://www.autonomie.net
- Annual Energy Outlook 2020 https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/