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Coordinate tranpsort vehicle capital costs

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Description

Feature Request

EVs and ICE vehicles have different data sources for capital costs and efficiencies, which I think is leading to some odd artifacting with investments. We should consolidate to this single EFS source, which has both ICE and EV costs/efficiencies.

https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/70485.pdf
https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/93

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the NREL EFS documentation and dataset linked in the issue, then locate the current data sources used for EV and ICE vehicle capital costs and efficiencies. Compare their inputs and identify the model entry points affected by consolidating them. Done means both vehicle types use the single EFS source and investment results no longer show the reported artifacts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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