Spoilt for Choice: User-Centric Choice of Battery Size and Chemistry for Battery-Electric Long-Haul Trucks

Jakob Schneider (), Olaf Teichert, Maximilian Zähringer, Korbinian Götz and Markus Lienkamp
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Jakob Schneider: Institute of Automotive Technology, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
Olaf Teichert: Institute of Automotive Technology, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
Maximilian Zähringer: Institute of Automotive Technology, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
Korbinian Götz: Institute of Automotive Technology, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
Markus Lienkamp: Institute of Automotive Technology, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany

Energies, 2023, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: With growing demands to save greenhouse gases, the rapid market introduction of battery-electric trucks (BETs) will become increasingly important, with truck manufacturers announcing various models entering the market in the near future. Soon, truck operators will be faced with deciding which battery capacity and cell chemistry to choose in their next purchase. In this study, we evaluate the choice of battery capacity, regarding feasibility and cost-effectiveness, for trucks using NMC and LFP cell chemistry. Our results show that higher energy density allows larger NMC batteries to be installed, resulting in the ability to transport higher payloads at low charging powers. The LFP chemistry has to rely on higher charging powers of up to 700 kW to transport the same payloads. When asked to choose a battery capacity for the individual use case, the smallest battery size should always be selected when only charging powers up to 300 kW are available. However, the reduction in publicly charged energy can lead to cost advantages of larger battery capacities at higher charging powers. When deciding between the two cell chemistries, the LFP chemistry shows advantages in most cases. Only at high payloads and low charging powers the NMC chemistry shows cost advantages.

Keywords: megawatt charging system; battery-electric trucks; battery sizing; cell chemistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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