Electric Truck Fleet Management Under Limited and Uncertain Charging Infrastructure Availability

California has set aggressive targets and timelines for the sales and adoption of zero-emission trucks in the state. However, developing a charging infrastructure network for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks is challenging and will take time. In addition, there has also been much debate about whether the electric grid capacity expansion can keep pace with this anticipated mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The goal of this research is to simultaneously address the issues of freight decarbonization and supply chain resiliency by designing electric truck fleet management strategies that: (1) consider the limited availability of charging infrastructure for medium-duty/heavy-duty EVs, at least in the near future; (2) can respond to the uncertainties associated with electric grid service interruption or disruption; and (3) analyze the requirements and constraints associated with long-haul and short-haul with respect to electric trucks. This collaborative project will bring together researchers from the University of Southern California who are experts in long-haul trucking operations and researchers from the University of California, Riverside, who possess complementary expertise in short-haul trucking (e.g., drayage) operations. The requirements for long-haul and short-haul operations for electric trucks are substantially different when it comes to distance of travel, parking availability, hours of service, and infrastructure charging, among other things. It is critical to consider all of these issues as a single project, where the research team can explore together the different synergies and tradeoffs encountered between long-haul and short-haul operations. Further, the team intends to work together to expand this towards “medium-haul” scenarios as well. It is expected that the results from this research will serve as another “tool” in the toolbox to ease the transition towards full truck electrification.

• Record URL:
  • https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/electric-truck-fleet-management-under-limited-and-uncertain-charging-infrastructure

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300159
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  University Park Campus
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089

  University of California, Riverside

  1084 Columbia Ave.
  Riverside, CA  United States  92507
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  University Park Campus
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  University Park Campus
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089

  University of California, Riverside

  1084 Columbia Ave.
  Riverside, CA  United States  92507
• Principal Investigators:

  Ioannou, Petros

  Boriboonsomsin, Kanok

• Start Date: 20240101
• Expected Completion Date: 20241231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decarbonization; Disaster resilience; Drayage; Electric trucks; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Fleet management; Freight and passenger services; Infrastructure; Supply chain management; Trucking
• Non-Preferred Terms: Haul distance
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01902863
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 20 2023 4:04PM