Transport Service Electrification in Developing Countries

Considering the new stringent constraints proposed by public authorities, decarbonization became a key trend in the last years. Transport sector still represents one of the most pollutant fragment. Even if several countries start their process of decarbonization through the introduction of several Electric Vehicles in their public services, still, for several countries, especially the developing ones, transportation represents a hard to abate sector, which generally uses outdated and pollutant vehicles, discouraging the use of public transport and facilitating the creation of traffic congestions. Basing on these considerations, this work want to implement a simulation for a public service in a developing country, evaluating if it is possible to perform a long trip using an electric minibus. Therefore, a case study will be implemented highlighting the barriers of the transport electrification in this area, producing results on consumption and reliability of the service. Finally, an environmentally sustainable solution to power the service will be proposed to highlight the potential of electrification in the area.