Electric vehicle weight and cost model (EVWAC)
The electric vehicle weight, performance, and cost models developed in the preceding phases of this study were updated, integrated into a single model, and expanded to include hybrids, light trucks, and comparable ICE vehicles. This Electric Vehicle Weight and Cost (EVWAC) model and its use are described. The results of running the model are documented in other reports. EVWAC allows comparable analyses of recent and future improved and advanced technology levels of electric vehicles, range extension hybrids, and conventional ICE vehicles. Seven specific vehicle types are defined in EVWAC: two, four, five, and six-passenger cars essentially based on the ICE passenger cars defined in the Interagency Task Force on Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980; and a pickup and high- and low-volume vans based on light compact truck data as well as on the Interagency Report. Besides the addition of new vehicle and propulsion types, the EVWAC model has been improved to include: integration of the parametric weight, performance, and cost models into a single computer model; modified structural weight parameters; cost estimates for advanced materials; propulsion sized from input acceleration requirements; the capability to input varied battery characteristics; calculation of the EPA urban or composite fuel economy for the ICE vehicles; and calculation of the ratio of electric-to-ICE driving of hybrids by primary, only, or secondary drivers, with the results included in the life-cycle costs.
- Research Organization:
- General Research Corp., Santa Barbara, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76CS51180
- OSTI ID:
- 5730282
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/51180-T9; ON: DE82001673
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COST
E CODES
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
LIFE-CYCLE COST
PERFORMANCE
SIMULATION
VEHICLES
WEIGHT