Could new airships displace trucks?
…these new airships could displace trucks, or lower diesel demand. We are most excited by the impact for onshore wind. [restrict] Flying Whales is a French company, originally supported by…
Electric trucks: what battery sizes?
…a diesel truck. However, large batteries above c8-tons in size detracts around 10% from the fuel economy of electric trucks, and may cause trucks to exceed regulatory weight limits, lowering…
Green hydrogen trucks: delivery costs?
Our 18-page note models the full-cycle economics of a green hydrogen value chain to decarbonize trucks. In Europe, at $6/gallon diesel, hydrogen trucks will be 30% more expensive in the…
Alternative truck fuels: how economic?
This data-file compares different trucking fuels — diesel, CNG, LNG, LPG and Hydrogen — across 35 variables. Most important are the economics, which are fully modelled, in the 2020s in…
Mine trucks: transport economics?
There are around 50,000 giant mining trucks in operation globally. The largest examples are around 16m long, 10m wide, 8m high, can carry around 350-450 tons and reach top speeds…
Is gas a competitive truck-fuel?
…logistical. Based on real-world data, we think maintenance costs will be 20-100% higher for gas trucks (below). Gas-fired spark plugs need replacing every 60,000 miles. Re-fuelling LNG trucks requires extra…
Vehicles: energy transition conclusions?
…niche deployments of electric trucks and hydrogen trucks. But we think the majority of long distance, inter-continental trucking will remain powered by liquid fuels, i.e., oil products. Although they may…
Maintenance costs for gas-powered trucks?
This data-file tabulates the maintenance costs incurred by a fleet of 42x CNG-powered trucks, over 16M miles in the United States. Maintenance costs averaged 8c/mile, of which 1.6c/mile (i.e., 20%)…
Container ships versus trucks and trains
…than typical trains and 20x more efficient than typical trucks. We calculate that moving goods from overseas to the developed world’s c1bn consumers accounts for c0.5% of global CO2 emissions…
Green hydrogen trucks: delivery costs?
We have modelled the full-cycle economics of a green hydrogen value chain to decarbonize trucks. In Europe, at $6/gallon diesel prices, hydrogen trucks will be 30% more expensive in the…