Assessment of Requirements, Costs, and Benefits of Providing Battery Charging for Battery Electric Heavy-duty Trucks at Safety Roadside Rest Areas Facilities

This research will better define possibilities for and barriers to the provision of battery charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric trucks at roadside rest areas. Caltrans maintains an extensive series of roadside rest areas throughout California that are widely used by long-haul trucks. By 2030, it is expected that a significant fraction of those trucks will be electrified and some of them will have the need for recharging their batteries away from their home base. This research will determine whether charging at roadside rest areas, especially those along interstate highways, are likely to meet the needs of the trucks that have multi-day trips. The first step in the research will be to determine whether providing the charging at the rest stops is practical for Caltrans to consider. The second step is to assess whether it is likely that the truck companies and drivers whom will have multiple options for recharging their batteries will utilize charging at rest stops.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/assessment-requirements-costs-and-benefits-providing-battery-charging-battery-electric

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $93232
• Contract Numbers:

  Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 051

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Burke, Andrew

• Start Date: 20210201
• Expected Completion Date: 20220131
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Evaluation and assessment; Heavy duty trucks; Infrastructure; Roadside rest areas
• Identifier Terms: Caltrans
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01760104
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 051
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 15 2020 2:46PM