Heavy Duty Trucking, June 2018
CMYCMMYCYCMYKPolyDeck NEW_ 7x4875 pdf 1 5 8 18 3 28 PM JUNE 2018 HDT 27 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM Most striking however is NACFEs contention that parsing the net costs and benefits of BEVs requires more effort than traditionally limited ROI calculations for diesel or gasoline powered fleet vehicles NACFE researchers concluded that multiple factors need to be included when determining ROI from straightforward starter issues such as grants incentives and taxes to hard to dollar quantify items such as emissions credits brand image liability costs disposal costs indirect costs driver technician retention or attraction potential customers and other opportunity costs benefits buried in overhead or ignored in traditional ROI calculations Still NACFE is adamant that BEVs are coming and will be a viable solution for many fleets operating today It notes in the report that automotive and bus battery electric vehicles have been in production for years and are advancing on their learning curves in real world use Battery capacities are expected to increase while charging time cost and weight are expected to decrease The technology is on the steep part of the development S curve where big improvements are regularly expected An executive summary of the NACFE BEV Guidance Report can be downloaded for free at www NACFE org New demonstration projects recently announced are in the works to test heavy duty electric vehicles in real world applications Mack Trucks plans to deploy a Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated electric drivetrain as a demonstration vehicle in the New York City Department of Sanitation fleet by 2019 One of Macks largest customers DSNY will test the electric LR model on the streets of the Big Apple as New York City works toward its goal of cutting emissions 80 by 2050 Twelve all electric Peterbilt Model 579 day cabs are going into service at the Port of Long Beach Built in collaboration with Transpower the California Air Resources Board and the Port of Long Beach the trucks product up to 490 hp have up to a 200 mile range and recharge in less than five hours Electric trucks in the works Macks electric LR refuse model and all electric Peterbilt Model 579 will soon give fleets some real world data on this new trend PHOTO MACK TRUCKS PHOTO IMAGE GROUP LA
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