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NREL report finds electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership than diesel under certain conditions

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A new total cost of ownership (TCO) study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that battery-electric and fuel-cell electric commercial trucks could be economically competitive with conventional diesel trucks by 2025 in some operating scenarios.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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The lab, sited on 58 square miles of land, has grown into a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the US Department of Energy (DOE) by UT-Battelle, LLC. For some areas of neutron-assisted research, such as the investigation of advanced Li-ion batteries, this is crucial.). It has an annual budget of around $1.4