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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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Cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speeds. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Click to enlarge.

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Georgia Tech life-cycle study finds TCO of medium-duty electric and diesel delivery trucks similar; electric life-cycle energy use and GHG lower than diesel

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They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. kgCO 2 e/t·km) than the diesel truck in the baseline case for both the 2011?2012 For the baseline case with the 2011?2012 Click to enlarge. System boundary diagram. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge.

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