I-Corps: Range-based car swapping networks

I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是显著降低电动汽车（EV）的成本。软件平台技术简化了车辆交换网络的设计，使用生命周期方法来扩大补贴。最初的重点将影响现有的电动汽车车主和点对点汽车共享平台的成员。该平台可以根据各种运输需求进行定制，这些需求可能会从偶尔使用专用车辆中受益。在司机网络内有效地交换车辆的能力，以及根据特定网络的利益按比例补贴的能力，将导致运输成本的降低，从而可能吸引广泛的用户。新用户不需要建立自己的网络，而是可以在原有网络的基础上进行建设，增加新的功能，增强地域多样性。I-Corps项目旨在让司机能够在远程和短程电动汽车（EV）网络中更换车辆。生命周期评估研究的最新进展提供了开发软件平台所需的知识，该软件平台可以使运输企业估算生命周期排放，从而获得对电动汽车盈利至关重要的联邦、州和地方补贴。特别是，生命周期评估研究最近开发了区域模型，该模型考虑了对排放的空间明确限制以及电池制造过程的详细影响清单。软件应用程序可以帮助优化这些网络的设计，以降低成本并优化温室气体的节约，这将提高用户负担可持续交通的能力，以及公共机构根据特定车辆网络的实际效益扩大补贴的能力。该系统利用电动汽车生命周期评估的研究成果，量化了一系列产品阶段的经济成本和温室气体排放，包括原材料提取、制造、车辆使用以及生命周期结束后的回收和处置。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to significantly reduce the cost of electric vehicles (EV). The software platform technology streamlines the design of vehicle swapping networks using a life-cycle approach to scale subsidies. The initial focus will impact existing EV owners and members of peer-to-peer car-sharing platforms. The platform can be customized for a wide range of transportation needs that may benefit from occasional access to specialized vehicles. The ability to efficiently swap vehicles within a network of drivers and to scale subsidies to the benefits of a specific network will result in reduction in transportation costs that may attract a wide range of users. New users will not need to form their own networks but will be able to build onto initial networks, adding new functions and greater geographic diversity.This I-Corps project aims to enable drivers to swap vehicles within a network of long-range and short-range electric vehicles (EV's). Recent advances in life-cycle assessment research provide the knowledge needed to develop a software platform that can allow transportation businesses to estimate life-cycle emissions which provide access to federal, state, and local subsidies that are essential to EV profitability. In particular, life-cycle assessment studies have recently developed regionalized models that account for spatially explicit constraints on emissions as well as detailed impact inventories of battery manufacturing processes. A software application that can assist in the optimal design of these networks to reduce cost and optimize greenhouse gas savings will enhance both the user ability to afford sustainable transportation and the public agency ability to scale subsidies to the actual benefits of a specific vehicle network. The system leverages research results in life-cycle assessment on electric vehicles that quantifies the economic cost and greenhouse gas emissions across a range of product stages including raw material extraction, manufacturing, vehicle use, and end-of-life recycling and disposal.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.