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SUMMARY:Technology choice for road freight electrification - Dr Parth Desh
 pande\, CUED
DTSTART:20260213T160000Z
DTEND:20260213T170000Z
UID:TALK242833@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Elizabeth Howard
DESCRIPTION:Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) contribute disproportionately to g
 lobal CO2 emissions. Currently\, the world primarily uses one type of tech
 nology everywhere\, which is a diesel truck. Electrification is seen as a 
 promising solution but has several challenges. The primary challenges are 
 a loss of payload capacity in vehicles and charging downtime\, both of whi
 ch directly affect logistics costs. There are also multiple electrificatio
 n pathways\, which raises questions about aspects such as electricity grid
  connections and choice of technology.\n\nThis talk will compare various e
 lectrification options using a novel metric called “total cost of logist
 ics" and attempt to narrow down on the choice of technology for different 
 scenarios. The options compared will include static charging\, electric ro
 ad systems (or dynamic charging)\, battery swapping\, and a new type of so
 lution called “pony express” (or tractor-unit swapping). It will be sh
 own that dynamic charging can tackle most challenges given enough utilisat
 ion. Among the other options\, pony express and range extenders are seen a
 s second-best choices depending on infrastructure feasibility.
LOCATION:JDB Seminar Room\, CUED
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