Technical and economical assessment of a multipurpose electric vehicle for farmers

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:17

Article

Mousazadeh, Hossein²  Keyhani, Alireza²  Mobli, Hossein²  Bardi, Ugo³  Lombardi, Ginevra¹  el Asmar, Toufic¹ 

[1] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Econ Agr & Risorse Terr, I-50100 Florence, Italy

[2] Univ Tehran, Agr Machinery Engn Dept, Tehran, Iran

[3] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Chim, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

关键词: Life-cycle cost;    Payback period;    Escalation;    Discount rate;    Present value;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.05.009

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The RAMseS project, under the European Commission's 6th Framework: Program, is dedicated to the construction and test of low-power operations based on photovoltaic power and a multipurpose electric vehicle. In the present study, the life-cycle costs and economical indices for the vehicle during its life span were assessed, compared to those of a standard internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV). The results indicated that the life-cycle costs for the RAMseS vehicle and the ICEV are the same for a fuel unit price of 1.8 (sic)/L Also, the levelized cost of energy (LCE) for the RAMseS vehicle, was found to be 2.13 (sic)/kWh, while RAMseS LCE, without EV taken into account, was shown to be 0.62 (sic)/kWh. The RAMseS payback period (PBP) without EV taken into account was calculated to be 9 years if the value of the produced energy becomes at least 0.35 (sic)/kWh. Vehicles that use PV systems as their power source, such as RAMseS, will be economically effective for fuel costs higher than 1.8 (sic)/L., but considering the environmental benefits that are provided in terms of external costs, they can be considered profitable even at lower fuel costs. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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