The goal of this project is to evaluate the benefits of plug-in commercial vehicles and assess their business case – establish technical and business case parameters. The information from this project will flow to the roadmap development and provide important data on the commercial timing and pathway for plug-in trucks.

• This project will test the use of plug-in parcel delivery trucks in existing delivery routes in Southern California. Data on fuel savings, electricity use, frequency and length of charging will be collected. Final analysis of the data will show the overall performance of the plug-in units in this application as well as evaluate the additional benefits (reduced emissions and maintenance), cost for the plug-in capability as well as the charging infrastructure, and short and long term grid impacts. If 20% of trucks in California were plug-in, the potential benefits in fuel savings would be seven million gallons and 93,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year. This project will establish the technical and business case parameters of plug-in commercial truck demonstrations and eventual commercialization.
• Project Outcome: Test and evaluation of a plug-in parcel delivery truck establishing the technical and business case parameters of plug-in commercial truck demonstration and eventual commercialization.

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