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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. —Hunter et al.

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

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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge. Overall, hybrid electric vehicles tend to be the lowest-cost powertrain.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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About half of the levelized cost of retail station hydrogen can be attributed to hydrogen delivery, compression, and dispensing costs. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that a dispensed cost of about $7/kg must be achieved to make FCEVs competitive with gasoline internal combustion engine vehicles in early FCEV markets.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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million to three aerospace consortiums to develop a new “commercial low Earth orbit destination.” Northrop Grumman Keeping It Simple Starlab, from Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin, is a free-flying commercial space station concept. The unit cost is just the cost of fuel. So what might a new station look like?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Now it's all of the commercial charging stations, and it's valuable because users can add photos of where the charging station actually is, comments on whether it may have been broken yesterday or oh, now it's been repaired. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? I'm into EVs too." What do we predict?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Now it's all of the commercial charging stations, and it's valuable because users can add photos of where the charging station actually is, comments on whether it may have been broken yesterday or oh, now it's been repaired. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? I'm into EVs too." What do we predict?