TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative assessment of zero emission electric and hydrogen buses in Australia
AU - Hensher, David A.
AU - Wei, Edward
AU - Balbontin, Camila
N1 - Funding Information:
The paper was based on research partially funded by BusVic. We thank Dr Chris Lowe, the Executive Director for his support. Neil Wang, CEO of Futon Australia, provided the very latest estimates of the depot refit costs as well as the cost of hydrogen and reviewed the range of costs we have allowed for in the Decision Support System. We thank four referees for the extensive and extremely useful comments and suggestions.
Funding Information:
The paper was based on research partially funded by BusVic. We thank Dr Chris Lowe, the Executive Director for his support. Neil Wang, CEO of Futon Australia, provided the very latest estimates of the depot refit costs as well as the cost of hydrogen and reviewed the range of costs we have allowed for in the Decision Support System. We thank four referees for the extensive and extremely useful comments and suggestions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - The pace of direct electrification vs indirect electrification for public transit bus fleets is accelerating internationally. Clear targets have been established by transport policymakers to achieve a zero-emission bus target as early as 2030 in some jurisdictions. Two prominent choices are battery-driven electric buses and fuel-cell electric buses. We draw on evidence on these current and future developments to provide an assessment of the two types of technology on emission reduction, capital, maintenance and energy costs, and other aspects. We apply a decision support system to compare a number of scenarios for different electrification plans of bus fleets using Australian data. Comparing scenarios such as slow versus fast take up and different mixtures of energy technologies in future zero emission fleets provides evidence on the reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and costs in converting a diesel bus fleet to a fully green, at tailpipe, fleet.
AB - The pace of direct electrification vs indirect electrification for public transit bus fleets is accelerating internationally. Clear targets have been established by transport policymakers to achieve a zero-emission bus target as early as 2030 in some jurisdictions. Two prominent choices are battery-driven electric buses and fuel-cell electric buses. We draw on evidence on these current and future developments to provide an assessment of the two types of technology on emission reduction, capital, maintenance and energy costs, and other aspects. We apply a decision support system to compare a number of scenarios for different electrification plans of bus fleets using Australian data. Comparing scenarios such as slow versus fast take up and different mixtures of energy technologies in future zero emission fleets provides evidence on the reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and costs in converting a diesel bus fleet to a fully green, at tailpipe, fleet.
KW - Carbon dioxide emissions
KW - Decision support system
KW - Electric bus, fuel-cell electric bus
KW - Electrification of bus fleet
KW - Operating cost of a transit bus
KW - Zero Emission Bus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103130
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103130
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120377592
SN - 1361-9209
VL - 102
JO - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
M1 - 103130
ER -