EESEVS

The project is an economic and environmental sustainability assessment of electric vehicle systems with a research plan that is organized into the three elements: Economic and environmental analysis of electric vehicles; Economic and environmental analysis of power generation; Synthesis and decision analysis. The research team will define scenarios to analyse based on vehicle characteristics (vehicle type, powertrain), contextual characteristics (usage profiles, utility grid mix), and technology transition characteristics (technology learning rates, fleet implementation rates). The primary outcome from this work will be strategies for developing economically and environmentally sustainable electric vehicle systems. The audience for these strategies will include all stakeholders within the system: automotive manufacturers and suppliers, infrastructure developers, power generators, and policymakers. The strategies will include recommendations on vehicle technology and manufacturing as a function of context. Furthermore, there will be methodological contributions in the diverse areas of life cycle assessment, economic technological forecasting, and decision analysis, and in mechanisms for integrating these topics.