Developing Markets For Zero Emission Vehicles In Short Haul Goods Movement

In Racing Toward Zero, the authors explore the issues inherent in developing sustainable transportation. They review the types of propulsion systems and vehicle options, discuss low-carbon fuels and alternative energy sources, and examine the role of regulation in curbing emissions. All technologies have an impact on the environment, from internal combustion engine vehicles to battery electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, and hybrids-there is no silver bullet. The battery electric vehicle may seem the obvious path to a sustainable, carbon-free transportation future, but it's not the only, nor necessarily the best, path forward. The vast majority of vehicles today use the internal combustion engine (ICE), and this is unlikely to change anytime soon. Improving the ICE and its fuels-entering a new ICE age-must be a main route on the road to zero emissions. How do we go green? The future requires a balanced approach to transportation. It's not a matter of choosing between combustion or electrification; it's combustion and electrification. As the authors say, "The future is eclectic." By harnessing the best qualities of both technologies, we will be in the best position to address our transportation future as quickly as possible. (ISBN:9781468601466 ISBN:9781468601473 ISBN:9781468602005 DOI:10.4271/9781468601473)

For a century, almost all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) have been powered by internal combustion engines operating on petroleum fuels. Energy security concerns about petroleum imports and the effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on global climate are driving interest in alternatives. Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels assesses the potential for reducing petroleum consumption and GHG emissions by 80 percent across the U.S. LDV fleet by 2050, relative to 2005. This report examines the current capability and estimated future performance and costs for each vehicle type and non-petroleum-based fuel technology as options that could significantly contribute to these goals. By analyzing scenarios that combine various fuel and vehicle pathways, the report also identifies barriers to implementation of these technologies and suggests policies to achieve the desired reductions. Several scenarios are promising, but strong, and effective policies such as research and development, subsidies, energy taxes, or regulations will be necessary to overcome barriers, such as cost and consumer choice.

Over time, the benefits of the ZEV transition - in the form of savings on fuel and maintenance costs, savings on vehicle prices (after ZEVs and internal combustion engine vehicles reach parity), and GHG emission reductions - can outweigh costs, including procurement incentives and infrastructure, by a factor as high as 11.8 It is predicted that ZEV technological readiness in the freight sector wil [...] Given the interest and commitment from businesses, and the growing number of commercial ZEVs available today and anticipated in the near term, these are the types of components needed for a transition in Canada. [...] Sales mandates and targets for vehicles can be beneficial to consumers as they are demonstrated to increase the available supply of ZEV models.24 In the three years after the adoption of Quebec's ZEV Act in 2016, for example, the percentage of models available in California that are 23 Government of Canada, "Transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, Canada, 1990 to 2018", spreadsheet, May 20 [...] In addition, planning and budgeting for data collection efforts and the maintenance of high-quality data through forums such as Statistics Canada and the Transportation Data and Information Hub are needed to ensure investments are allocated as effectively as possible.31,32 Long-term investment 29 The City of Vancouver's Climate Emergency Response report, for example, recommended the creation of an [...] In 2019, the Government of Canada set a target of 5,000 new zero-emission school and transit buses as of 2025.54 Currently, buses make up less than 10% of Canada's commercial vehicle fleet.55 A study by Navius Research has projected that, given technological advances, Canada could expect to see tens of thousands of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles on the road by 2025 and accelerate to abou.

This book is about how societies around the world can accelerate innovation in sustainable transport. It examines the relationship between policy change and the development of technological innovations in low carbon vehicle technologies, including biofuels, hybrid-electric vehicles, electric vehicles and fuel cells. Examining this relationship across countries and regions that are leaders in vehicle manufacturing and innovation, such as the European Union, Germany, Sweden, China, Japan, Korea and USA, the books aims to learn lessons about policy and innovation performance.

Vehicle electrification is one of the emerging and potentially disruptive technologies that are being considered to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants, mobile source air toxics (MSATs), and greenhouse gases (GHGs) from motor vehicles. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 274: Zero Emission Vehicles: Forecasting Fleet Scenarios and their Emissions Implications analyzes a set of scenarios of infrastructure development, policy changes, and cost parameters, with a suite of 49 simulations across those scenarios conducted to assess their impact on nationwide zero emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption and the corresponding levels of exhaust emissions. The model used in the scenarios analysis is a consumer choice model that estimates future sales, populations, and fuel consumption of advanced technology vehicles (ATVs), including ZEVs.