Impact of Commercial Electric Vehicles on Flexible Pavement Performance

This project aims to better understand how electric commercial vehicles like semitrucks will affect asphalt pavements. Electric semitrucks will carry additional weight from large battery packs and will have increased capacity for torque and potentially different weight distributions. Researchers will get a head start on the weight distributions and torque capabilities of these new vehicles and will conduct large-scale testing and computer modeling to determine the effects on the pavement. This project will help Illinois Department of Transportation become ready for the electrification of the commercial fleet, helping save time and money once electric commercial vehicles are in operation.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $412500
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-252

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  Jayme, Angeli

  Al-Qadi, Imad

  Hernandez-Urrea, Jamie

  Mohamed Ali, Uthman

• Start Date: 20220816
• Expected Completion Date: 20250215
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Electric vehicles; Flexible pavements; Impacts; Pavement performance; Torque; Weight
• Identifier Terms: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01853981
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-252
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 8 2022 10:46AM