Keith W. Moody General Manager Clemson Area Transit (CATbus) A Scalable Model of All-Electric Fleets for Transportation Everyone Rides Free

Clemson Area Transit Founded: January 9, 1996 Service Area: The western half of the Greenville UZA that includes Clemson and with service to Seneca, Central, Southern Wesleyan University, Pendleton, Tri-County Technical College, Anderson, and Anderson University

Clemson Area Transit, and CTE developed a deployment methodology that included: Planning, Route Modeling, Route Validation, Shadow Testing, Deployment, and Benefits Realization [or Deployment Validation and Analysis]. The design planning of the model was for all- electric service for the entire operation. Fleet Comparison (2014-2018)

Diesel Fleet Electric Fleet (30+ buses) (6 buses) Fuel Economy (MPG diesel equivalent): 3.8 mpg 16.5 mpg Fuel Cost per Mile: $0.59 $0.28 Maintenance Cost per Mile: $1.53 $0.55 Maintenance and Storage Facility CATbus has two (2) facilities.

The Clemson Headquarters has the main office spaces, meeting room, driver’s area and enough parking for 36 buses.

The Seneca office has 28,228 sf renovation for electric bus maintenance and storage in a city owned 429,374 sf existing building. This includes office space, maintenance area and parking space for 10 buses. Jocassee Gorges

“Destination of a Lifetime” as designated by National Geographic in its special edition “50 of the World’s Last Great Places”. Electric Bus Deployment Metrics

We are four (4) years into this project.

CTE provides ongoing Key Performance Metric reporting for the electric bus deployment Electric Bus Deployment Metrics

Over 160,000 gallons of diesel consumption avoided Electric Bus Deployment Metrics

Eliminating over 2,700,000 lbs of CO2! Electric Bus Deployment Metrics – Fuel Economy

On average, the electric buses are 4X more efficient than the diesel buses. Electric Bus Deployment Metrics – Fuel Cost

On average, the electric buses cost 53% less to fuel than the diesel fleet. Electric Bus Deployment Metrics – CO2 Emission Reductions

Electric buses have eliminated CO2 emissions, even when accounting for emissions created by power plants generating the electricity. Keys to the Success of the All-Electric Model 1. Ensure adequate funding for the start of the conversion to electric service 2. Get information from agency's that are using the technology [We were invited by Doran Barns to visit Foothill Transit to see electric buses on route and talk to the staff] 3. Determine the electric rate structure and use rate modeling in your planning. Start working on officials to enact a transportation rate 4. Study the route modeling data to determine the type of bus for the route, i.e. Quick Charge or Extended Range buses a) Round trip mileage of the route b) Daily total mileage c) Topography d) Route schedule, timing e) Possible location of charging stations 5. Shadow the diesel buses with different vendor’s vehicles to see if the model works before going out for bid 6. Make the bid include the needs that have come out of the route study Future Plans for Deployment

Clemson Area Transit has received additional funding from the Low/No funding to use all electric buses on more CATbus routes, adding to the Seneca model.

CATbus plans to be 100% ALL ELECTRIC before the year 2025.