Abstract
This code was developed to calculate the levelized cost of light-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging (LCOC) for the paper "Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles in the United States" by Borlaug et al.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.013). The calculation takes inputs from a variety of publicly available data sources (e.g., utility tariffs from the Utility Rate Database; EV charging station locations from the Alternative Fuels Data Center; energy price forecasts from the Energy Information Administration) and produces the current LCOC, considering when, where, and how light-duty EVs are recharged. In addition, the lifetime fuel cost savings (LFCS) calculation estimates the discounted fuel cost savings for a new battery EV (BEV) or plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) over a 15-year time horizon using state-level gasoline price and LCOC projections.
- Developers:
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Borlaug, Brennan [1] ; Muratori, Matteo [1]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2021-04-13
- Project Type:
- Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Programming Languages:
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Python
Jupyter Notebook
Python
- Licenses:
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies OfficePrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 70286
- Site Accession Number:
- NREL SWR-21-67
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Borlaug, Brennan, and Muratori, Matteo.
LCOC (Levelized Cost of Light-Duty EV Charging Calculator).
Computer Software.
https://github.com/NREL/lcoc-ldevs.
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office.
13 Apr. 2021.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20220222.2.
Borlaug, Brennan, & Muratori, Matteo.
(2021, April 13).
LCOC (Levelized Cost of Light-Duty EV Charging Calculator).
[Computer software].
https://github.com/NREL/lcoc-ldevs.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20220222.2.
Borlaug, Brennan, and Muratori, Matteo.
"LCOC (Levelized Cost of Light-Duty EV Charging Calculator)." Computer software.
April 13, 2021.
https://github.com/NREL/lcoc-ldevs.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20220222.2.
@misc{
doecode_70286,
title = {LCOC (Levelized Cost of Light-Duty EV Charging Calculator)},
author = {Borlaug, Brennan and Muratori, Matteo},
abstractNote = {This code was developed to calculate the levelized cost of light-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging (LCOC) for the paper "Levelized Cost of Charging Electric Vehicles in the United States" by Borlaug et al.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.013). The calculation takes inputs from a variety of publicly available data sources (e.g., utility tariffs from the Utility Rate Database; EV charging station locations from the Alternative Fuels Data Center; energy price forecasts from the Energy Information Administration) and produces the current LCOC, considering when, where, and how light-duty EVs are recharged. In addition, the lifetime fuel cost savings (LFCS) calculation estimates the discounted fuel cost savings for a new battery EV (BEV) or plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) over a 15-year time horizon using state-level gasoline price and LCOC projections.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20220222.2},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20220222.2},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20220222.2}},
year = {2021},
month = {apr}
}