Although electric vehicles come with significant potential to eliminate transportation-related emissions and pollutants, they carry concerns about the end-of-life treatment of used batteries, which need replacing every 7-10 years. While used batteries can be re-purposed for energy storage, this is only a temporary solution until the energy storage market considerably grows to match the growing … Read more
This West Coast Electric Fleets webinar is intended to provide fleet managers with the tools and resources to electrify their fleets. In this webinar, Roger Smith (President of Richmond Sustainability Initiatives & Executive Director of Fleet Challenge/E3 Fleet) gives a preview of how fleet managers can use historical cost data and a robust new EV … Read more
E-bikes have enormous potential, and they are an efficient and sustainable way of transport. Are E-bikes the future of delivery? Can fleets reduce GHG emissions, improve employee satisfaction, save costs, and still meet operational requirements? This West Coast Electric Fleets webinar on E-Bikes will explore these questions in detail. In this webinar, Tom Madrecki (Director … Read more
See the webinar at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GUssv_UpZ8ONqQKL39a25AAHgr1kBrIK/view?ts=5bca1ffd/.
The Fraser Basin Council hosted this webinar as part of the West Coast Electric Fleets initiative. Webinar speakers explore incentive programs for medium & heavy-duty vehicles, requests for proposals to EV manufacturers, and lessons learned in EV procurement.
“While we only make up a small portion of Governor Brown’s vision to put 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on California’s roads, state government should lead by example and DGS is excited to be working with all state government agencies to be at the forefront of these efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen … Read more
The EV SmartFleets Fleet Procurement Analysis Tool equips users with decision-relevant information on the financial viability and environmental impact of light-duty vehicle fleet procurements and can evaluate a variety of procurement ownership structures, vehicle types, and procurement scenarios. The tool is highly flexible and compares procurements side-by-side on a cost-per-mile basis and provides an analysis … Read more
This tool’s simple spreadsheet inputs allow fleet managers to estimate petroleum use, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollutant emissions, and cost of ownership of light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. A version of the spreadsheet that has been edited to allow users in BC to access and use the tool is available for download by clicking the link … Read more
Zach Henkin (ForthMobility), Susana Reyes (City of LA), Aric Ohana (EnvoyThere), Pete Dempster (ReachNow), and Kelvin Stokes (Modo Car Coop) discuss their agencies various EV car sharing business models. Topics include: siting for EVs, overcoming charging concerns, and benefits/barriers to EV car sharing programs. Participant Questions and Panelist Responses
At the 9:45 mark you’ll want to pause the above video and view the one below. Andrea Pratt (Green Fleet Program Manager) and Chris Bast (Climate Policy Adviser) give an overview of how the City of Seattle is scaling up infrastructure for their electric fleet. Topics include: electrical and charging infrastructure in the central garage, DC fast … Read more
Jessica Sutorus from City of Colton and Phillip Kobernick from Alameda County joined us for a webinar on making the case for EV’s in local government fleets. Jessica discussed the issues that small communities face in promoting EV’s and what solutions Colton has used. Phillip discussed the benefits of EV’s and how leveraging the use … Read more
Eve Hou from Metro Vancouver and Jessie Denver from the City of San Francisco joined us for a webinar on actions by local governments to promote electric vehicles. Metro Vancouver will discuss the use of fleet EVs for public engagement, and the City of San Francisco will discuss their work to date and investment in … Read more
Andrew Burnham from Argonne National Lab showed how fleets can calculate payback periods, total cost of ownership, and GHG emissions for EV’s and other types of vehicles. You can download the software and user guide from the Argonne National Lab site. Presentation Slides
Representatives from Powertech Labs and British Columbia Institution of Technology presented on EV charging technology. Presentation Slides
Check out our first West Coast Electric Fleets Webinar of 2016! Representatives from Fleet Carma and Fraser Valley Regional District presented on business and suitability studies for zero emission vehicle fleets. Presentation Slides