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Milking the Cash Cow: Milking the Cash Cow: Incentives for Hybrid - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Milking the Cash Cow: Milking the Cash Cow: Incentives for Hybrid - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND Milking the Cash Cow: Milking the Cash Cow: Incentives for Hybrid Trucks Incentives for Hybrid Trucks Northeast Diesel Collaborative Northeast Diesel Collaborative Rachel Beckhardt Rachel Beckhardt Environmental
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Corporate Partnerships at Corporate Partnerships at Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Defense Fund
“ “Environmental Defense is probably the best NGO to find the inter Environmental Defense is probably the best NGO to find the intersection section between profit and planet. between profit and planet.” ”
- - Bob
Bob Langert Langert, VP Corporate Citizenship , McDonald , VP Corporate Citizenship , McDonald’ ’s Corporation s Corporation
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Our Partnership with FedEx: Our Partnership with FedEx:
Project Goals: Project Goals:
- Improve fuel efficiency 50%
Improve fuel efficiency 50%
- Reduce particulate emissions
Reduce particulate emissions by 90% and by 90% and NOx NOx by 75% by 75%
- Meet all performance
Meet all performance requirements requirements
- Achieve same or lower cost
Achieve same or lower cost
- ver lifetime of truck
- ver lifetime of truck
Creating a new generation of delivery trucks Creating a new generation of delivery trucks
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Hybrid Truck Market* Hybrid Truck Market*
*Based on known orders to date. *Based on known orders to date. *Based on known orders to date.
200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 25 50 75 100 125 150 Hybrid Trucks on the Road Fleets with Hybrid Trucks
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High Cost Low Volume Low Demand
But cost remains a critical But cost remains a critical challenge. challenge.
Incentives are critical to making hybrids a Incentives are critical to making hybrids a competitive investment for fleets competitive investment for fleets
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1. 1. Incentives Working Group Incentives Working Group 2. 2. Incentives Website ( Incentives Website (www.edf.org/hybridincentives www.edf.org/hybridincentives) ) 3. 3. Priorities for 2008: Federal Priorities for 2008: Federal 4. 4. Priorities for 2008: State Priorities for 2008: State
5.
- 5. EPA
EPA’ ’s Clean Diesel Campaign: s Clean Diesel Campaign: The Northeast Hybrid Truck Consortium The Northeast Hybrid Truck Consortium
So what are we doing about it? So what are we doing about it?
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Northeast Hybrid Truck Consortium Northeast Hybrid Truck Consortium
Joint effort between Joint effort between NESCAUM and EDF NESCAUM and EDF to secure incentive to secure incentive funding to more new funding to more new hybrid trucks on the hybrid trucks on the road in New England. road in New England.
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Why a heavy Why a heavy-
- duty hybrid
duty hybrid consortium? consortium?
1.
- 1. Pools demand for hybrid
Pools demand for hybrid truck platforms truck platforms 2.
- 2. Creates a geographic
Creates a geographic service center service center 3.
- 3. Brings diverse
Brings diverse constituencies together constituencies together 4.
- 4. Saves fleets $$
Saves fleets $$
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Northeast Hybrid Truck Northeast Hybrid Truck Consortium Timeline Consortium Timeline
- RFP opened in March
RFP opened in March
- Recruiting NOW!
Recruiting NOW!
- Application due June 12
Application due June 12th
th
- Award Notice Dec
Award Notice Dec ‘ ‘08 08
- Have 2 years to use
Have 2 years to use award money for new award money for new truck(s truck(s) )
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