NACFE designed a total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator to allow fleets to compare investment in one or several diesel or gasoline powered baseline trucks against an equivalent battery electric alternative. The calculator includes factors NACFE found relevant to this comparison.
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) created this Guidance Report to provide perspective, insights, and resources on the complex topic of the viability of commercial battery electric vehicles (CBEVs), Classes 3 through 8. This report provides a foundation for understanding the key arguments for and against this rapidly evolving powertrain alternative.
This report suggests that executives of transit systems considering introduction of Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) into their fleets and agencies wanting to improve or expand their BEB fleets should collect all of the information [...]
This report summarizes the experience and results from a battery electric bus (BEB) demonstration funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program. In [...]
This paper describes funding resources for strategies described in “Electrified Transportation for All,” a brief that encourages planners and fleet managers to consider the potential costs and benefit...
This document focuses on electrification of government, commercial, and industrial fleets.
Beginning in March 2014, Foothill Transit has been operating a fleet of 12 battery electric buses (BEBs) in its service area located in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley region of Los Angeles County, [...]
This report concerns mainly the electric car market and does not cover other transport modes at the same level of detail. The focus on the car market is due to both its dynamism and the wider availabi...
This analysis looks into how electric buses and trucks can provide public benefits in California
This report builds on the analysis of the previous phases and includes the detailed modeling and quantification of the grid benefits from the following off road and commercial market segments: forklif...
