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Electric Vehicles WELCOME! 2019 SEEA Conference on Energy Efficiency October 21 – 23, 2019 | SEEAConference.com Big to Small: Electrification for All October 22, 2019 Moderator: Alan Shedd, Oglethorpe Power Company Peter Westlake, Orlando Utilities Commission James Johnson, Blue Bird Dr. Shelley A. Francis, EVNoire Big to Small: Electrification for All October 17, 2019 Electric Vehicles • Better range • More charging stations • Electric vehicles are cool • Economics 10/22/2019 Fleets 4 Electric Vehicles – Availability • Customer choice increasing with ~140 EV Models available by 2023 10/22/2019 Fleets 5 Light-Duty Vehicle Fleets Company Vehicles 1 AT&T 80,044 2 FedEx 68,208 3 Charter 35,956 4 PepsiCo 23,653 5 Johnson Controls 19,656 6 AutoZone 15,613 7 Century Link 15,424 8 Advance Auto Parts 13,814 9 Ecolab 11,650 10 State Farm 10,656 10/22/2019 Fleets 6 Electric Vehicles – More than cars 10/22/2019 Fleets 7 Electric Vehicles – More than cars eLion 72-Passenger School Bus Tesla Class 8 Semi 10/22/2019 Fleets 8 Heavy-Duty Trucks Fleet Company Total Units Straight Trucks Tractors Trailers 1 AT&T 72,214 72,139 75 9,237 2 Verizon 49,469 49,354 115 103 3 PepsiCo 39,472 27,451 12,021 19,483 4 Comcast 38,544 38,544 0 0 5 Republic 22,582 21,960 622 1,378 6 Waste Mngmt 22,000 20,895 1,105 4,305 7 Coca-Cola 20,500 12,500 8,000 9,500 8 Time Warner 18,008 18,000 8 439 9 ServiceMaster 15,706 15,706 0 1,890 10 Tyco 15,618 15,618 0 0 10/22/2019 Fleets 9 Electric Trucks – Market • Truck market worth $230B annually • e-truck sales forecast 332,000 by 2026 • Utility truck market would reach $127B by 2030 • Asia will be biggest market - Currently 85% of e-truck sales are in Asia. (BYD, Daimler, Volvo) • North-American based - Freightliner, Tesla, Nikola, Kenworth, Cummins, Proterra 10/22/2019 Fleets 10 Press 10/22/2019 Fleets 16 Electric Trucks – Market Reasons for rapid e-truck growth • Concerns over pollution, bans on diesel vehicles in some cities • Fixed, long-haul routes are predictable – planning and charging easier • Rest periods for drivers allow for charging windows • Electric offers more torque, fewer parts, less maintenance • Fleet operators in tune with TCO 10/22/2019 Fleets 12 Thanks! Questions or for more information, contact: Alan C. Shedd, P.E., CEM Director of Emerging Technologies Oglethorpe Power Corporation Alan.Shedd@OPC.com 770-654-0027 10/22/2019 Fleets 13 LYNX & OUC eBus Pilot Big and Small – Transportation for All Pete Westlake, Manager Strategic Projects Orlando Utilities Commission RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE Mass Transit Conversion Projects LYNX ADS Grant LYNX & OUC eBus Pilot LYNX Low-No Emissions Grant • Lymmo autonomous pilot • eBus battery leasing • Lymmo bus replacement • LYNX/OUC/UCF/Proterra/Easymile • LYNX/OUC • LYNX/OUC/UCF/eBus vendor • 1-2 buses, charging infrastructure, • 2-4 eBuses, charging infrastructure • Up to 16 eBuses, charging infrastructure autonomous tech • Board review • May 14 submission • Application submitted These projects support the Greenworks Community Action Plan to increase electrification. 15 RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE How does Diesel and Natural Gas Compare to Electric Diesel Compressed Natural Gas Electric Upfront cost (batteries not included) $500,000 $650,000 $550,000 12 year fuel cost (today) $692,052 $548,796 $121,956 12 year battery cost $526,044 Total cost of ownership – 12 years $1,192,052 $1,198,796 $1,198,000 Pounds of GHG /year ~300,000 ~282,000 ~125,000 Note: not included – maintenance savings, escalating fuel costs, based on 54,000 miles per year (verifying the GHG) 16 RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE Observations • We now have 8 electric buses pledged to Central Florida, first to arrive June 2020 • Why? – Multi organizational partnership full engagement • LYNX – Mass transit agency, Project lead, Funding Partner • OUC – Utility, Project resources, Funding Partner • City of Orlando, Funding Partner • UCF Project resources • Proterra, Easymile – Vendor/Supplier, Project Resources, Funding Partners – We demonstrated moving forward without the Grant 17 RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE Rate of adoption changes the landscape Orange County GOAA Lynx Schools 300 35’+buses 9 buses >16 years 14 40’ 24 Neighborlink 427 buses> 11 years buses 25 Shuttle 200 Paratransit 1,130 < 10 years buses LYNX Conversion Plan Year 1:1, 2:3, 3:8, 4:10, 10:150 = 10MW = large infrastructure 18 RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE Next Steps • LYNX purchased 1 bus due June 2020 • LYNX to purchase 7 more 45 foot buses • Planning underway – Curbside 1:1 charging for all – Overhead blade – New location Speaker Name, Company – Opportunity charging • Considerations – Operational impacts – Load considerations – Maintenance requirements – Long-term growth – VW Grant 19 RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE • SUSTAINABLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfzmBAKs7Tgnegative impacts of carbon emissions. INTRO EVNoire.com Electric School Buses Presented by: James A. Johnson Alternative Fuels Manager Blue Bird Corporation SEEA Conference Big to Small: Electrification for All October 22, 2019 Private & Confidential Blue Bird ‒ The Alternative Fuel Experts Blue Bird Alternative Fuel School Buses in North America OVER OVER 22,000 2,000 SCHOOL SCHOOL BUSES DISTRICTS #1 manufacturer of alternative fuel school buses Blue Bird has produced 8X more alternative fuel buses than all competitors combined!!! Private & Confidential Blue Bird’s Positive Environmental Impact ✓ With 15,000 Propane units sold…. o ~6.4MM lbs. of NOx reduced annually ‒ 96% reduction in NOx o 28,285 lbs. of PM reduced annually ‒ 68% reduction in PM o ~42MM lbs. of CO reduced annually ‒ 70% reduction in NOx With school buses comprising the largest public fleet in North America, Blue Bird has made a real difference for its riders and the environment in which we all live Private & Confidential Introducing the Electric School Bus (EV SB) Private & Confidential Blue Bird EV SBs Deployed December 2016: Blue Bird Received $4.4MM grant from US Department of Energy (US DOE) for mass production of V2G school bus September 2018: Blue Bird delivered its first electric-powered school buses to customers in California and Ontario (Canada) Private & Confidential Blue Bird Type C & D EV SB Vision Electric Charge Time: 6-8 Hours GVWR: Up to 33,000 lbs. Capacity: Up to 77 passengers Range: Up to 120 miles All American RE Electric Charge Time: 6-8 Hours GVWR: Up to 36,200 lbs. Capacity: Up to 84 passengers Range: Up to 120 miles Private & Confidential EV SB Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) ✓ Type C Vision and Type D All American will offer V2G options in 2020 ✓ V2G creates opportunities for utilities to “buy back” stored energy buses are using ✓ V2G also creates ability to redirect excess power to other, external structures (i.e., buildings, shelters, fuel islands, refrigeration, etc.) ✓ Valuable for peak consumption times and also utilization as distributed energy resources (DERs) for natural disasters, when energy needs are critical Private & Confidential EV SB: Distributed Energy Resource (DER) ✓ EV SBs with V2G are mobile DERs that may be deployed during severe weather events, electrical blackouts and emergencies ✓ October 2019: “San Jose says power shutoffs to prevent wildfires have cost the city at least half a million dollars” ✓ September 2019: “Hurricane Dorian devastates Bahamas, then shifts towards US East Coast” ✓ “US has already had $10B in weather disasters in 2019, National Oceanic “and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says” ✓ Frequency of “100-year” weather events increasing Private & Confidential EV SB Benefits: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) ZERO EMISSIONS Cleaner air for our children REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS Less parts means less maintenance TEMPERATURE CONTROL Excellent performance in many weather conditions GO FURTHER Go approximately 120 miles on a single charge VEHICLE-TO-GRID TECHNOLOGY V2G technology will allow you to “sell” energy back into the grid BATTERY CAPACITY 14 batteries = 155.4 kWh SERVICE & SUPPORT Over 400 dealerships and affiliated service centers in NA Private & Confidential Blue Bird ‒ The Alternative Fuel Experts James A. Johnson Alternative Fuels Manager Blue Bird Corporation Cell 586-219-3004 james.johnson@blue-bird.com Private & Confidential MITIGATING TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS WITH ELECTRIFICATION FOR ALL: ARE YOU WOKE? 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SEEA Annual Conference EVNoire.com EVHybridNoire.com Multimodal Approach Often The Electrification Equity Debate Falls Into Two Buckets Electric Cars vs Electric/Fuel Cell Buses or Teslas vs Buses Best practice is a multimodal strategy combined with wrap around programming i.e. Awareness Outreach & Education SEEA Conference EVNoire.com PROCESS / TOOLS / METRICS Impacted Voices At The Table EVNoire.com Disrupting The Electric Vehicle Narrative Prioritizing Those MOST Impacted Thank You Dr. Shelley Francis shelley@evnoire.com SEEA Annual Conference EVNoire.com .
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