Performance Parity Study of Electrified Class 8 Semi Trucks with Diesel Counterparts

2024-01-2164

04/09/2024

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It is recognized that the heavier vehicles, the more emissions, thus the more imperative to electrify. In this study, long haul heavy-duty trucks are referred as HDTs, which are recognized as one of the hard-to-electrify vehicle segments, though the automotive industry has gained trending advantages of electrifying both light-duty cars and SUVs. Since big rigs such as Class 8 HDTs have significant road-block challenges for electrification due to the demanding long-hour work cycles in all weathers, this study focuses on quantifying those electrification challenges by taking advantage of the public data of Class 8 tractors & trailers. Tesla Semi is the research target though its vehicle spec data is sorted out with fragmentary information in the public domain. The key task is to analyze the battery capacity requirements due to environmental temperature and inherent aging over the lifespan. The investigation will go to compare the EV Semi performance with diesel counterparts, especially focusing on the operational cost.
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https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-2164
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5
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Song, X., Ma, T., Ebrahimi, K., and Jansons, M., "Performance Parity Study of Electrified Class 8 Semi Trucks with Diesel Counterparts," SAE Technical Paper 2024-01-2164, 2024, https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-2164.
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Apr 09
Product Code
2024-01-2164
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Technical Paper
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English