Manev, Nikola and Dimitrovski, Dame and Markov, Zoran and Iliev, Viktor (2021) Environmental footprint of the heavy-goods vehicles of the future. In: International Conference of Ecosystems (ICE2021), 4-6 June 2021, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Abstract
Motor vehicles running on internal combustion engines are the world’s foremost method of transport well into the 21st century. Their major economic and social benefits have long overweighed the ethical concerns of the environmental effects of transport such as, global warming and air pollution, and a subsequent reduction in air quality and quality of life. As a result, there have been major efforts by the automotive industry to “go green” by implementing regulations that support the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuels, hybrids or fully electric vehicles (EVs). Consequently, this brought for a significant drop in the demand for light passenger, diesel vehicles compared to the years before. In fact, while in 2017, diesels accounted for 44% of new cars sales, this number dropped to 29,9% for the first quarter of 2020. All the while, the total number of vehicles that run on alternative fuels, hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) and electrically chargeable vehicles has been in a constant rise, from 5,7% in 2017, 7,5% in 2018, and 10,6% in 2019, to 17,8% for the first quarter of 2020. This tendency however, does not apply to heavy goods vehicles (lorries and road tractors) as sales of diesel HGVs account for 97.9 % percent of the total market share. That being said, the goal of this paper is to identify the main directions of development for future HGVs powerplants and their reliance on a particular fuel type and more importantly assessing the environmental footprint of such solutions.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Environmental engineering Engineering and Technology > Mechanical engineering Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies |
| Divisions: | Military Academy |
| Depositing User: | Nikola Manev |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2024 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 09:17 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/35198 |
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