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Technology-centered Electric Mobility Assessment (THELMA)

The THELMA project is a large scale, ambitious project aimed at an integrated assessment of a significant penetration of electric vehicles into the Swiss transport sector, and the impacts on both the Swiss electric grid and Switzerland as a whole. The project starts with a multi-criteria assessment of a broad range of future vehicle designs, using both drivetrain simulation and life cycle analysis. This is extended to the national level using fleet penetration scenarios and transportation demand forecasting to determine the incremental loads on the Swiss grid. Grid simulation then finds costs on the equipment, distribution and transmission levels. Finally, municipal case studies explore the roles of local distributed generation and consumer transport decision making. The goal is to comprehensively assess the tradeoffs and sustainability implications of the increased use of light electric vehicles, as compared to other drivetrains and fuels.

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Opportunities and challenges for electric mobility: an interdisciplinary assessment of passenger vehicles

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Project details

Duration: 2010-2014
Funding:

  • CCEM
  • Swisselectric Research
  • Erdölvereinigung

Researchers

Stefan Hirschberg
Peter Burgherr
Thomas Heck
Warren Schenler
Andrew Simons
Christian Bauer
Johannes Hofer
Brian Cox

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ETHZ-LAV
ETHZ-PSL
ETHZ-ESD
ETHZ-IVT
Quantis (EMPA-LCAM)

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