Effects of temperature on economic attractiveness and airborne emissions’ external costs of large battery electric and diesel delivery vans

Journal title ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Author/s Alessandro Giordano, H. Scott Matthews, Paul Fischbeck, Patrícia Baptista
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/1
Language English Pages 57 P. 95-151 File size 701 KB
DOI 10.3280/EFE2020-001006
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Past studies have shown that public support for battery electric (BEV) vans is justified by their emission external cost savings compared to their diesel equivalent. This study builds on this previous work and focuses on temperature effects on costs and energy use of large BEV and diesel vans. The authors find that temperature effect has relatively small private costs, when compared to the overall operational costs. However, it could reduce large BEV vans’ average range by up to 20% in cold cities. Pre-heating the vans could mitigate these negative effects by 5-10%, 90-95% and 100% for 23.4, 46.8 and 70.2 kWh large BEV vans, respectively. Hence, policy makers should adopt different strategies according to city temperature profiles, prioritiz-ing subsidies to charging stations in cold cities.

Keywords: Temperature effect, BEV delivery vans, city-logistics, sustainable urban deliveries, BEV pre-heating, air pollutant emissions’ external costs.

Jel codes: D8, Q4, Q5, R4

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Alessandro Giordano, H. Scott Matthews, Paul Fischbeck, Patrícia Baptista, Effects of temperature on economic attractiveness and airborne emissions’ external costs of large battery electric and diesel delivery vans in "ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT" 1/2020, pp 95-151, DOI: 10.3280/EFE2020-001006