Research Commons
      • Browse 
        • Communities & Collections
        • Titles
        • Authors
        • By Issue Date
        • Subjects
        • Types
        • Series
      • Help 
        • About
        • Collection Policy
        • OA Mandate Guidelines
        • Guidelines FAQ
        • Contact Us
      • My Account 
        • Sign In
        • Register
      View Item 
      •   Research Commons
      • University of Waikato Research
      • Science and Engineering
      • Science and Engineering Papers
      • View Item
      •   Research Commons
      • University of Waikato Research
      • Science and Engineering
      • Science and Engineering Papers
      • View Item
      JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

      The feasibility of long range battery electric cars in New Zealand

      Duke, Mike; Andrews, Deborah; Anderson, Timothy Nicholas
      Thumbnail
      Files
      Duke 2009 Electric Cars.pdf
      483.3Kb
      DOI
       doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.10.047
      Find in your library  
      Citation
      Export citation
      Duke, M., Andrews, D. & Anderson, T. (2009). The feasibility of long range battery electric cars in New Zealand. Energy Policy, 37(9), 3455-3462.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3609
      Abstract
      New Zealand transport accounts for over 40% of the carbon emissions with private cars accounting for 25%. In the Ministry of Economic Development's recently released “New Zealand Energy Strategy to 2050”, it proposed the wide scale deployment of electric vehicles as a means of reducing carbon emissions from transport. However, New Zealand's lack of public transport infrastructure and its subsequent reliance on private car use for longer journeys could mean that many existing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will not have the performance to replace conventionally fuelled cars.

      As such, this paper discusses the potential for BEVs in New Zealand, with particular reference to the development of the University of Waikato's long-range UltraCommuter BEV. It is shown that to achieve a long range at higher speeds, BEVs should be designed specifically rather than retrofitting existing vehicles to electric. Furthermore, the electrical energy supply for a mixed fleet of 2 million BEVs is discussed and conservatively calculated, along with the number of wind turbines to achieve this. The results show that approximately 1350 MW of wind turbines would be needed to supply the mixed fleet of 2 million BEVs, or 54% of the energy produced from NZ's planned and installed wind farms.
      Date
      2009
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      Elsevier
      Rights
      This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Energy Policy. Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd.
      Collections
      • Science and Engineering Papers [3122]
      Show full item record  

      Usage

      Downloads, last 12 months
      136
       
       
       

      Usage Statistics

      For this itemFor all of Research Commons

      The University of Waikato - Te Whare Wānanga o WaikatoFeedback and RequestsCopyright and Legal Statement