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View article: Heavy-Duty Vehicle Activity Updates for MOVES Using NREL Fleet DNA and CE-CERT Data
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Activity Updates for MOVES Using NREL Fleet DNA and CE-CERT Data Open
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) is a publicly available tool used by researchers and policymakers to help understand motor vehicle emission sources at a national, county, and proj…
View article: Automated Transit Fleet Electrification Planning in Response to Route Dynamics, Vehicle Utilization, and Local Climate
Automated Transit Fleet Electrification Planning in Response to Route Dynamics, Vehicle Utilization, and Local Climate Open
Transit electrification is difficult, requiring the consideration of many factors including route dynamics, vehicle utilization, and local ambient temperatures. Incumbent planning tools typically rely upon static vehicle efficiency numbers…
View article: Fleet-wide Electrification Impacts Assessment for the Valley Transportation Authority
Fleet-wide Electrification Impacts Assessment for the Valley Transportation Authority Open
This report explores the long-term electrification opportunities for the Valley Transit Authority’s (VTA) transit bus fleet. The potential for transit bus electrification at VTA as well as the economic impacts of partial and complete elect…
View article: Electrification of Airport Shuttle Operations
Electrification of Airport Shuttle Operations Open
Fleet owners are increasingly looking to adopt electric vehicles, however careful consideration is needed to ensure electric vehicles can perform their duty without impacting operations. This work examines a fleet of 200 Dallas-Fort Worth …
View article: Athena - Digital Twin and Infrastructure Model [SWR 20-106]
Athena - Digital Twin and Infrastructure Model [SWR 20-106] Open
The software provides database access and analysis code for project ATHENA data. In particular, it provides (1) access to the AWS RDS database and (2) supporting code for analysis. Additionally, the software contains all the code related t…
View article: 3-3-1 Models With Unique Lepton Generations and Analysis of Higgs Decays
3-3-1 Models With Unique Lepton Generations and Analysis of Higgs Decays Open
We examined several 3-3-1 Models containing three unique lepton generations -- each generation has unique quantum numbers and uses the other generations to fully cancel anomalies. These models have been previously discussed in a paper publ…