If they can do 100%, that’s great. To add, I think that the 140 range is only a limitation until 2025, when they plan on another yard to allow mid-route charging.
Thanks for the link to the other report. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jun 17, 2020, at 10:10 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be clear, Metro intends to support 100% of its routes with EVs. The "70%" > refers to how many routes can be served by a bus with 140 miles range. (Most > routes are relatively short, I'll *guess* 10 miles urban, 20 miles suburban.) > > Here's a publication on test results, from 2017. (I haven't spent the time to > read it.) > https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/king_county_be_bus_preliminary.pdf > > Peri > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mark Abramowitz via EV" <[email protected]> > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Mark Abramowitz" <[email protected]> > Sent: 17-Jun-20 7:54:10 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hybrid buses instead of electric for PSTA in Pinellas > County? Evidence for commissioners. > >> Very interesting, and fairly consistent with my post. They have about 70% of >> routes that they think are applicable, though they base that solely on a 140 >> mile range, rather than their testing results. >> >> It was odd that they didn’t have much info on their testing, and they still >> hadn’t completed their cold weather testing. >> >> I think that DOE collects and analyzes data from all the places that test >> and/or zero emission technologies. >> >> - Mark >> >> Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone >> >>>> On Jun 17, 2020, at 7:08 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Here's some background info for you, Susan. Seattle (actually Metro of >>> King County) is in the process of converting to 100% electric by 2040. They >>> have been testing EV buses for a few years and plan the first roll-out in >>> 2021. You can get an overview here: >>> https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/programs-projects/innovation-technology/zero-emission-fleet.aspx >>> >>> And here is a detailed report with lots of data that might be useful to you: >>> https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/transportation/metro/programs-projects/zero-emissions-fleet/battery-electric-bus-implementation-report.pdf >>> >>> I'm pretty sure Metro has been testing on hills. Our area is full of steep >>> hills, narrow lanes, sharp corners, all kinds of route challenges. Plus our >>> climate is chilly for a good part of the year, though nothing like what the >>> northern plains and east coast gets. But certainly colder than Florida :) >>> If it can work for Seattle, I can't imagine an argument against in Florida ! >>> >>> If it would help to speak to someone in the program, I might be able to >>> find a contact. Not sure, though. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
