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Do you know how utilities in your region are electrifying your operating fleets?
There are a number of Utilities and cities across the country with fleet electrification initiatives. Many of these relate to Smart Cities or Grid Modernization efforts. There are a number of financial, reliability, and societal factors to consider when implementing electric fleets. Open to connect and discuss more. Feel free to email me at wthai@wtpartners.us to chat.
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Southern California Edison (SCE) is in the process of electrifying their fleet. Here's a link to an article on that:
At Oncor we have a policy to electrify our fleet as appropriate vehicles that meet operational requirements come onto the market. That means for the bucket trucks we are adding electric lifts to diesel trucks which permit us to not idle the engine while the bucket is up and by our calculations reduce 80% of the noise and air emissions from operations. We are replacing out fleet of light duty vehicles as leases expire with electrics as appropriate. We have a very large service are, and our western region does not have the charging infrastructure to enable vehicles to drive to Dallas/Ft. Worth for example. As range increases, and infrastructure is built out we will re-evaluate. We also need to keep vehicles used for storm restoration and mutual aid at least hybrid for now until more appropriate vehicles become available over the next several years.
Hi Carlos,
There are technology services available that can help transition ICE fleet vehicles to EVs (EV Suitability Assessments). These assessments:
Carlos, In the greater Phoenix area the utilities are electrifying their fleets with cars right now. They are also adding EVSE Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment , also called chargers for free employee charging. They will be adding pickup trucks in 2021 as soon as they are available.
They figure it pays for itself since they make electricity and that is 1/4th the cost of gas. It also shows the public that electric vehicles are here and can do anything a gas car can do. As more vehicles become available the numbers will increase.
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