Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2019, 21(3):21-27 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2019.3.21-27

Assessment of Total Costs of Ownership for Midsize Passenger Cars with Conventional and Alternative Drive Trains

Emilia Szumska1, Rafal Jurecki1, Marek Pawelczyk1
1 Kielce University of Technology, Poland

The number of alternatively powered vehicles in Poland and EU is growing steadily. Different type of vehicle drive trains determine variations in their performances from economical and environmental technological aspects. The aim of this paper was to investigate the cost efficiency and environmental aspects of midsize passenger cars equipped with different drive train technologies: conventional, hybrid, electric and LPG fueled engine. To this purpose, the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) method was used. Calculations were carried out by AFLEET Tool. The results show that the LPG fueled car has the lowest TCO, while the cars equipped with electric drivetrain indicate the highest TCO. However the electric car recorded the lowest cost of air pollutant emissions and externalities costs.

Keywords: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO); alternatively powered vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; air pollutant emission

Received: February 6, 2019; Accepted: March 17, 2019; Published: August 15, 2019  Show citation

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Szumska, E., Jurecki, R., & Pawelczyk, M. (2019). Assessment of Total Costs of Ownership for Midsize Passenger Cars with Conventional and Alternative Drive Trains. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 21(3), 21-27. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2019.3.21-27
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