Direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle cost analysis: System and high-volume manufacturing description, validation, and outlook
Abstract
Here, direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) produce only water as a byproduct, thereby eliminating tailpipe carbon and criteria air pollutant emissions associated with internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). However, in order to achieve economic parity with ICEVs, technological challenges must be overcome to lower system cost. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) monitors estimated fuel cell (FC) system cost and tracks progress towards milestones by techno-economic analysis based on demonstrated laboratory technologies for a next-generation 80 kWnet automotive FC stack for light-duty vehicles. The findings of the 2017 automotive FC system cost analysis are summarized, including the baseline system characteristics and specifications and the results of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) analysis of system manufacturing across a range of annual production rates. The highest volume predictions, for 100,000 and 500,000 units per year, result in a total system cost of 50/kWnet and 45/kWnet, respectively. The assumptions and methodology of the DFMA® analysis of the 2017 baseline FC system were validated by comparison with the FC system in the commercially available Toyota Mirai. One prospective pathway for decreasing system cost to 30/kWnet needed for cost competitiveness with ICEVs is outlined.
- Authors:
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- U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, VA (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
- U.S. Dept. of Energy, Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1489250
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1702766
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; EE0007600
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Power Sources
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 399; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; DFMA (R) analysis; FCEV cost modeling; Fuel cell system cost modeling; PEM fuel cell
Citation Formats
Thompson, Simon T., James, Brian D., Huya-Kouadio, Jennie M., Houchins, Cassidy, DeSantis, Daniel A., Ahluwalia, Rajesh, Wilson, Adria R., Kleen, Gregory, and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. Direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle cost analysis: System and high-volume manufacturing description, validation, and outlook. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.07.100.
Thompson, Simon T., James, Brian D., Huya-Kouadio, Jennie M., Houchins, Cassidy, DeSantis, Daniel A., Ahluwalia, Rajesh, Wilson, Adria R., Kleen, Gregory, & Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. Direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle cost analysis: System and high-volume manufacturing description, validation, and outlook. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.07.100
Thompson, Simon T., James, Brian D., Huya-Kouadio, Jennie M., Houchins, Cassidy, DeSantis, Daniel A., Ahluwalia, Rajesh, Wilson, Adria R., Kleen, Gregory, and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. Fri .
"Direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle cost analysis: System and high-volume manufacturing description, validation, and outlook". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.07.100. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1489250.
@article{osti_1489250,
title = {Direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle cost analysis: System and high-volume manufacturing description, validation, and outlook},
author = {Thompson, Simon T. and James, Brian D. and Huya-Kouadio, Jennie M. and Houchins, Cassidy and DeSantis, Daniel A. and Ahluwalia, Rajesh and Wilson, Adria R. and Kleen, Gregory and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios},
abstractNote = {Here, direct hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) produce only water as a byproduct, thereby eliminating tailpipe carbon and criteria air pollutant emissions associated with internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). However, in order to achieve economic parity with ICEVs, technological challenges must be overcome to lower system cost. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) monitors estimated fuel cell (FC) system cost and tracks progress towards milestones by techno-economic analysis based on demonstrated laboratory technologies for a next-generation 80 kWnet automotive FC stack for light-duty vehicles. The findings of the 2017 automotive FC system cost analysis are summarized, including the baseline system characteristics and specifications and the results of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) analysis of system manufacturing across a range of annual production rates. The highest volume predictions, for 100,000 and 500,000 units per year, result in a total system cost of 50/kWnet and 45/kWnet, respectively. The assumptions and methodology of the DFMA® analysis of the 2017 baseline FC system were validated by comparison with the FC system in the commercially available Toyota Mirai. One prospective pathway for decreasing system cost to 30/kWnet needed for cost competitiveness with ICEVs is outlined.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.07.100},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = C,
volume = 399,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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