Cost-effectiveness analysis of CNG urban taxi operations.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Energy savings from an urban CNG-operated taxi company.
• Creators:
  Euritt, Mark A.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Compressed natural gas
  • Natural gas vehicles
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Taxicabs
  • Paratransit vehicles
  • Cost effectiveness
  • alternate fuels
  • compressed natural gas (CNG)
  • life-cycle costs
  • cost-effective
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Oil Overcharge Report 3003-lF
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  Increased emphasis on energy efficiency and air quality has resulted in a number of state and federal initiatives ; examining the use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles. Texas' program for alternate fuels includes compressed ; natural gas (CNG). Based on an analysis of 30-year life-cycle costs, CNG is a cost-effective option for high-mileage ; taxi operations. High mileage is defined as at least 83,586 miles (134,573 km) for a fleet of 5 taxis, 35, 769 miles ; (57,588 km) for a fleet of 25 taxis, and 30,193 miles (48,611 km) for a fleet of 50 taxis. The largest fleet (50) generates ; an Internal Rate of Return on investment of 30 percent; 22.5 percent is realized for the medium (25) fleet, and 11 ; percent for the small (5) fleet. Availability of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) dedicated natural gas vehicles is ; vital to the future success of CNG taxi operations. OEM vehicles offer important efficiency gains needed to justify the ; purchase of CNG vehicles.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Contract Number 502XXF3003
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31620/dot_31620_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.15 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:576fc4d65dc7ab92e9f49362e8f8b3432a931a44dfcc0210b41af389e34ecf00