Evaluating Efficiencies and Impacts of Electric versus Diesel School Buses

As many jurisdictions are transitioning school buses and other fleets, measuring the impact of transitioning fleets can help quantify improvements and plan for a healthy future. This project improves upon current comparisons between vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICEs) and EVs, with a focus on school buses. The research will move beyond modeled estimates through testing and exposure measurement. The measured results will be used to perform comparative analyses of the entire life cycle of EVs and ICE different types of vehicles, with an emphasis on school bus operations as a case study. Results could be incorporated into air quality planning at the regional level, as well as to support local air quality improvement and fleet transition efforts.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348329

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Healthy and Efficient Mobility

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  College Station, TX  United States  77807
• Project Managers:

  Ocon, Monica

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Kim, Bumsik

• Start Date: 20231101
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 01-01-TTI

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Electric vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Life cycle analysis; Pollutants; School buses
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01907177
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348329
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 6 2024 8:18PM