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John Boesel, President and CEO CALSTART, presented "Why Now Is The Right Time to Diversify Your Portfolio….and Help Make the Nation Stronger and Better" at the 2012 Green Truck Summit at the Work Truck Show. CALSTART and the NTEA co-host the GTS. Learn more at www.calstart.org and www.ntea.comTRANSCRIPT
Why Now Is The Right Time to Diversify Your Portfolio….and Help Make the Nation Stronger
and Better
Advanced Transportation Technologies
John BoeselPresident and CEO
Green Truck SummitMarch 2012
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Overview
• Why the Staying the Course is a Risky Business Proposition
• Improving Business Case – Fleet Successes
• The Big Win-Win-Win
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5/25
>$400 billion/year
Sustainable?
U.S. Oil Dependence in a Changing World
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Iran Reacts to Tougher Sanctions with Naval Threat
Iranians say if sanctions fully imposed they will shut down traffic in Straits of Hormuz….while Israel considers preemptive military strike on nuclear facilities
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Saudi Population Growing Rapidly – Driving Energy Use
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The World’s Oil Banker is Consuming More at Home
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Rate of Oil Use Rising Rapidly
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Diesel Prices Higher Than Gasoline – As Diesel Exports Grow (EIA)
• EIA forecasts higher price for diesel gasoline for foreseeable future
• Refiners get higher prices abroad
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President Clinton @ ARPA-e Energy Summit – February 28, 2012
“Reducing greenhouse gases is actually good for the economy…we need to do help more people
understand that.”
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3% Increase in Mileage Per Year and 50% Reduction in Oil Use by 2020
• Multiple strategies – saving fuel & $• FritoLay has largest electric truck fleet (176) –
3.5 to 4 year payback (with incentives – including infrastructure)
• Heavy box trucks to smaller vans• Driver training and education producing 6%
MPG improvement• GPS to be installed on 15,000 vehicles enabling
remote diagnostics and better route utilization
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E-Trucks Working for Staples/UPS
• Staples has 53 all electric trucks built by Smith EV
• UPS has purchased 100 e-trucks from EVI
• Staples projecting 3.1 year payback (with incentives)
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Propane Potential
• Fleets using Roush modified propane fueled Ford E-450’s benefitting from 50% cost saving per gasoline gallon equivalent
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Natural Gas Saving Money for UPS
• UPS has 1,076 NG trucks in U.S. fleet today
• 3.1 year payback (with incentives)
• 20-30% reduction in GHG’s and $ savings
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Work Place Hybrids Working
• “Work Place Hybrids” – electric power for work done on-site – not for powertrain
• Can eliminate up to 40% of daily energy consumption by truck
• PG&E, large northern CA utility, has purchased 300 workplace hybrids
• Payback in 5-7 years…with improvement likely as battery prices come down
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Purolater Pleased With Hybrids
• Purolater, package and delivery firm, is operating 586 Electric Trucks
• Fuel saving from each truck equivalent to removing 0.75 passenger car from road
• 5-7 year payback (with incentives)
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Finding Right Tech/Fuel – Tools Exist…Allow for Optimization
• Hours of operation• No stops/deliveries• Mileage • Fuel economy• Fuel consumption• Average speed• Maximum speed
Driving Route/Altitude
Speed Profile
Duty CyclePerformance benefits
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The Importance of Manufacturing in the U.S. Economy
• “The concept that this nation can remain great without making things and a strong manufacturing sector is one that we need to shoot in the head”
• “It’s not a question of will there be a global clean energy industry. It’s a question whether or not the U.S. will be a player.”
Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT
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If Fleets, Manufacturers, and Suppliers All Do Their Share….The Economics Will Only Improve
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Working Together We Can Do It!
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