This work presents a holistic method to design the battery of a battery-electric long-haul truck, including cell selection, battery modeling and validation, load profile generation, battery life simulation and an analysis of the impact of the battery thermal design. Results show that using a status-quo lithium-ion cell, battery-electric trucks can mimic diesel truck operation in a cost-competitive manner, with negligible payload losses and no volume constraints onboard the vehicle, provided that 1MW charging is available during the mandatory driver rest period.     «

This work presents a holistic method to design the battery of a battery-electric long-haul truck, including cell selection, battery modeling and validation, load profile generation, battery life simulation and an analysis of the impact of the battery thermal design. Results show that using a status-quo lithium-ion cell, battery-electric trucks can mimic diesel truck operation in a cost-competitive manner, with negligible payload losses and no volume constraints onboard the vehicle, provided that...     »