Base cost of bus (driver hourly rate + some base cost of a bus (minimum battery size?)
cost per additional kwh of battery capacity
we should cap max kwh of battery size, to account for volumetric limitations that would be reached in reality.
Cost per level 2 charger
could be a flat value of a charger with installation
stretch goal includes T+D changes that would need to happen
Cost per level 3 charger depot (?)
could be a flat value of a charger with installation
stretch goal includes T+D changes that would need to happen
This should then be used to do a basic fiscal optimization to find the least cost solution for a given transit network. I envision this including kwh and and level 2 charger penetration (as a function of the total termini in the system) as either tuneable parameters, or inputs into a more traditional optimization cost function.
It seems if we have just a single depot, that a cost minimization optimization should be fairly straightforward? Otherwise, crafting several scenarios of something like high / med / low kwh capacity coupled with high / med / low level-2 charger penetration and brute forcing through a number of scenarios should give a good idea of what is possible without solving the formal optimization.
kwhof battery capacitykwhof battery size, to account for volumetric limitations that would be reached in reality.This should then be used to do a basic fiscal optimization to find the least cost solution for a given transit network. I envision this including
kwhand and level 2 charger penetration (as a function of the total termini in the system) as either tuneable parameters, or inputs into a more traditional optimization cost function.It seems if we have just a single depot, that a cost minimization optimization should be fairly straightforward? Otherwise, crafting several scenarios of something like high / med / low kwh capacity coupled with high / med / low level-2 charger penetration and brute forcing through a number of scenarios should give a good idea of what is possible without solving the formal optimization.