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Evaluating the Potential of Platooning in Lowering the Required Performance Metrics of Li-Ion Batteries to Enable Practical Electric Semi-Trucks

Matthew Guttenberg, Shashank Sripad, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 2· Issue 11

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTEvaluating the Potential of Platooning in Lowering the Required Performance Metrics of Li-Ion Batteries to Enable Practical Electric Semi-TrucksMatthew Guttenberg, Shashank Sripad, and Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan*View Author Information Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States*E-mail: [email protected]Cite this: ACS Energy Lett. 2017, 2, 11, 2642–2646Publication Date (Web):October 26, 2017Publication History Received18 October 2017Accepted23 October 2017Published online26 October 2017Published inissue 10 November 2017https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01022https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01022article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2017 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views4965Altmetric-Citations19LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (1 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Batteries,Electrochemical cells,Energy,Power,Redox reactions Get e-Alerts
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States

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Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation University Transportation Center · Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance

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