zero emission bus initiative
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CALSTART and a number of companies seeking support for a low carbon, zero emission bus initiative building off the success of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program.TRANSCRIPT
Advanced Bus Technology Initiative: Bringing Zero Emission Bus Technology to Reality:
A Campaign to Secure $150 Million in New Federal Funding
CALSTARTJohn Boesel, CEO & President
Fred Silver, Vice President
Clean Transportation Technologies and Solutions
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Agenda
• Opening and Purpose for the Briefing• CALSTART Background of Success and TEA
Bill Funding• Description of the Program and Needs• Q&A and Discussion
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Why We Are Here Today
• To mobilize support for reauthorization of a bus technology development and deployment program at a requested level of $150 million in the next surface transportation authorization bill
• To identify coalition partners that will lend their names and in-kind resources to an advocacy campaign in Washington, DC
• To outline action items going forward
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History of CALSTART Sponsored Transportation Technology
Funding Programs
• ISTEA$12 million Advanced Transportation System and Electric Vehicle Research and Development Consortia
• DARPA $130 million Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology Program
• TEA-21 $300 million Advanced Vehicle Technologies Program
• SAFETEA-LU $60+ million National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Initiative
• NEXT-TEA $150 million Zero Emission Bus Program
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DARPA and the FTA Advanced Vehicle Programs: Critical HD Hybrid RD&D
Funding
• CALSTART played a leadership role in securing approximately $130 million early stage heavy-duty hybrid and electric bus RD&D
• Every major system hybrid drivetrain supplier to bus market took part in program
• Program lead to hybrid bus offerings by OEMs in early 2000’s
• 1998 TEA bill authorized funding for FTA Advanced Vehicle Program
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CALSTART Lead National Coalition & Secured $49 Million for FCB RD&D in TEA-
LU Bill (2005)-
Join The Team!
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FTA National Fuel Cell Bus Program – Extended thru FY10 and (2011) May result in a $70 Million +
Dollar Cumulative Program
FTA Performance Objectives
• Bus Cost – <5x – Comparable Size Transit Bus
• Durability – 4 to 6 Years or – 20,000 to 30,000 hours
• Fuel Efficiency – 2x Comparable Transit Bus
• FC Bus Performance = or > Commercial Transit Bus
• Better than 2010 HD Emissions Standards
NFCBP Achievements
• Bus Costs < 2.0 Million approaching 1.5 Million
• Fuel Cell Durability Seeing at least a Four-fold increase
– 8,000 and growing
• Fuel Efficiency – >1.7X Diesel Bus
• Acceleration, gradeability, range, top speed (close)
• Zero tailpipe emissions
FTA Program proving very successfulFuel cell & battery bus development and demos
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• Existing federal transportation reauthorization (TEA-LU) bill includes $49 million for fuel cell bus research, development, and demonstration
• CALSTART is leading national coalition to expand and augment program to include electric drive and alt fuel hybrids (>50% C02 reductions versus diesel) in next federal transportation reauthorization bill
• Request is for $150 million• Contact CALSTART’s Fred
Silver: (626) 744-5687 or [email protected]
CALSTART Leading National Campaign for Zero Emission Bus Initiative
Foothill Transit Electric Bus
SunLine Transit Fuel Cell Bus
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"Zero Emission Bus Program"A National Program to Advance Zero Emission
and Energy Security
A Coalition backed 6 year, $150M Program
– Extend the success of National FC Bus Program and continue efforts to commercialize zero-emission fuel cell buses
– Support new and Emerging Zero like the battery bus technology
– Seek to advance extremely Low Carbon Type alternative fuel hybrids
– Proposes
• A reduced cost share of 20% vs. the existing 50%
• Funds to support Refueling and Infrastructure
• Funds also to includes needs for logistics & spares
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Supporters to Date of $150M ZEB Program in Next TEA Bill
Supporters as of (10/21/10)
Join the team!
Bluways USA
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Call For Your Support
• Will be calling for your support and to allow us to use your logos for the purposed of support– Will be calling to ask for new supporters and to
ask for referrals to other companies and transit properties
– We need new supporters to affirm their support by the end of February
• Need to understand supporter resources in Washington DC and Potential Coordination
• Will be calling upon supporters for letter writing campaigns
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Questions?
www.calstart.org
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