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DESCRIPTION:The recent Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) reaffi
 rms the decarbonizing of the transportation sector in the United States. T
 his bill will ensure the penetration of EVs in all sectors by increasing c
 harging station accessibility and removing barriers to further EV adoption
  nationwide. This mandates to investigation of all transportation sectors 
 for EV adoption and remove the barriers. School buses are one of the large
 st bus networks in the USA. These buses are widely run on fossil fuels and
  require the execution of a variety of steps before their electrification.
  Before these e-school buses can be deployed at the mass level\, we need t
 o understand the energy needs and influence their fleet composition. The e
 nergy need requires a thorough understanding of each school district for t
 heir road loads (number of bus stops\, trip duration\, electric range\, an
 d grade profile). Typically\, we see 4 types of school buses on the road t
 hese days\, however\, the 4 types will not be sustainable options for thei
 r electric variants\, unless the whole design space is investigated for op
 timal sizes. Unlike diesel variants\, battery holds the primary cost in th
 e EV\, oversizing it will have a significant financial impact on the schoo
 l districts. Besides the road loads\, the other major subsystems consuming
  the school bus’s energy resources are the body and dash heating and coo
 ling loads. The bus body climate control load on the battery can impact it
 s range and performance. These loads can impact the bus range by 50+%. Thi
 s means that in winter\, the same e-school bus will travel 50% fewer miles
 .\n\nSpeaker(s): Athar\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/426235
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/426235
ORGANIZER:muhammad.u.asad@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:61
SUMMARY:Community Conscious Smart School Bus System
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/426235
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: justify\;">The recent I
 nfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) reaffirms the decarbonizing o
 f the transportation sector in the United States. This bill will ensure th
 e penetration of EVs in all sectors by increasing charging station accessi
 bility and removing barriers to further EV adoption nationwide. This manda
 tes to investigation of all transportation sectors for EV adoption and rem
 ove the barriers. School buses are one of the largest bus networks in the 
 USA. These buses are widely run on fossil fuels and require the execution 
 of a variety of steps before their electrification. Before these e-school 
 buses can be deployed at the mass level\, we need to understand the energy
  needs and influence their fleet&nbsp\;composition. The energy need requir
 es a thorough understanding of each school district for their road loads (
 number of bus stops\, trip duration\, electric range\, and grade profile).
  Typically\, we see 4 types of&nbsp\;school buses on the road these days\,
  however\, the 4 types will not be sustainable options for their&nbsp\;ele
 ctric variants\, unless the whole design space is investigated for optimal
  sizes. Unlike diesel variants\,&nbsp\;battery holds the primary cost in t
 he EV\, oversizing it will have a significant financial impact on the&nbsp
 \;school districts. Besides the road loads\, the other major subsystems co
 nsuming the school bus&rsquo\;s energy&nbsp\;resources are the body and da
 sh heating and cooling loads. The bus body climate control load on the&nbs
 p\;battery can impact its range and performance. These loads can impact th
 e bus range by 50+%. This&nbsp\;means that in winter\, the same e-school b
 us will travel 50% fewer miles.</p>
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