Presented to the Electrification Coalition on April 8, 2010

Electrification Coalition April 8, 2010

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New York City is an Important and Unique Market for Vehicle

Electrification

Oil Consumption Can be Substantially Reduced in the Near-Term by Electrifying Fleet Vehicles

NORTHEAST TRANSPORTATION

ELECTRIFICATION ALLIANCE


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NYC is an Important Electrification Market

• NYC, the World’s media center, has a high concentration of opinion leaders that favor electrification

• NYC is the most transit-dependent city in the US with the largest number of fleet vehicles

• NYC residents’ use of automobiles is atypical for US – 7% use car every day– 7% use car on weekends

• Average NYC driver drives only 8,900 miles per year– 40% of usage is for social or recreational use– Less than 50% park in garages – Consumes only 300 gallons of gasoline a year


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Potential for Immediate Action – Electrify Fleet Vehicles

• Public Sector Fleets– NYC owns fleets of 29,000 vehicles– NYC Transit operates 5,100 transit buses– NYC DOE contracts for 6,770 school buses

• Private Sector Fleets– Con Edison operates 600 maintenance vehicles– AT&T, Verizon, FEDEX, UPS, Fresh Direct, and

many more operate thousands of fleet vehicles– The Port Authority’s airports are served by

thousands of shuttle buses and vans– Hunts Point Food Market is served by 15,000

trucks and vans


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Estimated Annual Consumption of Petroleum-Derived Fuels

• Public Sector Fleets– NYC Fleet, 29,000 vehicles ----- 26,000,000 gallons– NYC Transit, 5,100 vehicles –-- 55,000,000 gallons – School Buses, 6,770 vehicles – 15,000,000 gallons– TOTAL, 40,270 vehicles ---------- 96,000,000 gallons

• A NYC driver consumes 300 gallons per year• Number of NYC driver’s electrified vehicles necessary to match

Public Sector’s estimated potential oil reduction – 320,000

• Private Sector Fleets– Consumption unknown


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Justification for Fleet Electrification

• Public sector vehicles are needed to provide services and transport residents– Vehicles are replaced annually as they age– Federal funding is available for transit vehicles

• Electrification is justified as – O&M costs are reduced– Frequency regulation may further reduce costs– Substantial reduction in oil consumption is

achieved in the near term– It paves the way for public acceptance of

passenger vehicle electrification


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Medium Duty Fleet Vehicles

Smith Electric Truck Ford Transit Connect Van

FedEx Van


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Heavy Duty Fleet Vehicles

Balqon – Drayage and Short Haul Trucks

Proterra – 35’ and 45’ Fast Charge Transit Buses, School Buses, and Trucks


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Foothill Transit CA – First Commercial Proterra Fast

Charge Transit Application - 1


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Grid Impact of Fleet Vehicle Electrification

• Substantial revenues can be realized by providing frequency regulation services required to maintain grid stability– City operated fleets of electric vehicles and electric school

buses are prime candidates

• A leasing company can own, guarantee the performance, and provide the battery system to fleets of electric vehicles

• Proterra will demonstrate an energy transfer concept at Everett Transit in WA that will– Facilitate multiple concurrent charging of vehicle fleets– Permit the reverse flow of electricity to the grid


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Summary

• Electrification of medium and heavy duty fleet vehicles can be implemented immediately– Vehicles will replace aging fleet vehicles– A wide variety of vehicles are available and manufacturing

facilities are available, or being built– Only a limited infrastructure is needed– Grid integration with vehicle battery storage will reduce costs

• The broad scale deployment of the electrified passenger vehicle, vital to the reduction of oil imports, will gain acceptance, but will take years– Timing will be dependent on

• Improvement of the nation’s economy• Availability, price, and performance of vehicles• Installation of the supporting infrastructure


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• Northeast Transportation Electrification Alliance creates opportunities to use electricity to fuel vehicles, and serves as the single business interface needed to manage the diverse services required to complete projects intended to improve the livability of communities and reduce the consumption of petroleum-derived fuels– Ray Kenard, Executive Director– 445 Park Avenue, 10th floor– NY, NY 10022– [email protected]– www.ntea.info– 212-836-4705

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.ntea.info/

Presented to the Electrification Coalition on April 8, 2010

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