Advanced Vehicle Cost and Energy-use Model (AVCEM)

Project Summary

Full Title:	Advanced Vehicle Cost and Energy-use Model (AVCEM)
Project ID:	123
Principal Investigator:	Mark Delucchi
Brief Description:	AVCEM is an electric and gasoline vehicle energy-use and lifetime-cost model. AVCEM designs a motor vehicle to meet range and performance requirements specified by the modeler, and then calculates the initial retail cost and total private and social lifetime cost of the designed vehicle.

Purpose

AVCEM designs a motor vehicle to meet range and performance requirements specified by the modeler, and then calculates the initial retail cost and total private and social lifetime cost of the designed vehicle. It can be used to investigate the relationship between the lifetime cost -- the total cost of vehicle ownership and operation over the life of the vehicle -- and important parameters in the design and use of the vehicle.

Performer

Principal Investigator:	Mark Delucchi
Organization:	University of California, Davis
Address:	Institute of Transportation Studies, One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616
Telephone:	530-752-6548
Email:	madelucchi@ucdavis.edu

Project Description

Type of Project:	Model
Category:	Vehicle Options

Outputs:	1. Vehicle characteristics * the peak power of the electric vehicle (a BPEV, HEV or FCEV) and the baseline ICEV * the acceleration performance of the EVs and the baseline ICEV (the user specifies the starting and ending speed, grade, and wind speed in the test * the weight of all of the vehicles types; the volume of the fuel-storage system and/or battery (EVs and baseline ICEVs only) * the gasoline-equivalent fuel economy of all of the vehicle types (in miles/gallon, mi/kWh, and liters/100 km) * the life of all of the vehicle types, in kilometers * the gross peak power of the fuel cell (a key user-input design variable) * battery cycle life, energy density, and retail-equivalent cost * the coefficient of drag for all of the vehicle types 2. Vehicle and subsystem manufacturing cost and weight 3. Fuel cost 4. The private and social lifetime cost per-mile (or per km) 5. The break-even price of gasoline 6. Cost summary

Outputs:

1. Vehicle characteristics
* the peak power of the electric vehicle (a BPEV, HEV or FCEV) and the baseline ICEV
* the acceleration performance of the EVs and the baseline ICEV (the user specifies the starting and ending speed, grade, and wind speed in the test
* the weight of all of the vehicles types; the volume of the fuel-storage system and/or battery (EVs and baseline ICEVs only)
* the gasoline-equivalent fuel economy of all of the vehicle types (in miles/gallon, mi/kWh, and liters/100 km)
* the life of all of the vehicle types, in kilometers
* the gross peak power of the fuel cell (a key user-input design variable)
* battery cycle life, energy density, and retail-equivalent cost
* the coefficient of drag for all of the vehicle types
2. Vehicle and subsystem manufacturing cost and weight
3. Fuel cost
4. The private and social lifetime cost per-mile (or per km)
5. The break-even price of gasoline
6. Cost summary

Products/Deliverables

	Description: Overview of AVCEM Article/Abstract Title: AVCEM: Advanced-Vehicle Cost and Energy Use Model, Overview of AVCEM Publisher: University of California, Davis Author Name(s): Delucchi, Mark A. (PDF 210 KB) Download Adobe Reader. Publication Date: October 2005

Date Last Updated: 01/19/2007