Highlights Capital and battery costs are important for hybrid and electric city buses. Plug-in hybrid and electric buses have the best potential for high cost efficiency. Fleet operation has significant effects on the cost efficiency of city buses. Hybrid and electric city buses reduce energy consumption and emissions.
Abstract This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of hybrid and electric city buses in fleet operation. The analysis is founded on an energy consumption analysis, which is carried out on the basis of extensive simulations in different bus routes. A conventional diesel city bus is used as a reference for the CBA. Five different full size hybrid and electric city bus configurations were considered in this study; two parallel and two series hybrid buses, and one electric city bus. Overall, the simulation results indicate that plug-in hybrid and electric city buses have the best potential to reduce energy consumption and emissions. The capital and energy storage system costs of city buses are the most critical factors for improving the cost-efficiency of these alternative city bus configurations. Furthermore, the operation schedule and route planning are important to take into account when selecting hybrid and electric city buses for fleet operation.
Energy consumption and cost-benefit analysis of hybrid and electric city buses
2013-10-28
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Energy consumption and cost-benefit analysis of hybrid and electric city buses
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