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HTUF 2012 News and Program Taking the Helm at HTUF Eaton and NGVs veteran Kevin Beaty has joined Calstart as VP in charge of the High-Efficiency Truck User Forum. —Page 4
Hino’s Hybrid Is Nigh The 195h cabover will see California availability first as Hino executes plan taking economics and currencies into consideration. —Page 4
BAE Brings Two Trucks A Class 6 Freightliner and a Class 8 Kenworth show off two versions of the Hybrid Parallel drive. —Page 6
Concept combines new and old technologies to slash the emissions of trucks serving the nation’s ports. —Page 12
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program director at the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency. APRA-E has made investments in advanced batteries, electric motors, and lightweight materials that could enable the trucking industry to dramatically reduce its reliance on oil over the next decade, notes HTUF organizer Calstart. Boysen will be introduced by David Mohler, Senior VP and CTO at Duke Energy. He’ll talk about the increasing connections between vehicles, the Dr. Dane Boysen grid and saving energy.
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Duke Energy is sponsoring Thursday’s HTUF 2012 rideand-drive too. Calstart has landed one of the U.S. Army’s top officials and the leader of its energy and environment initiatives as the Thursday morning keynote speaker. The Honorable Katherine Ham- Katherine Hammack mack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, will discuss the U.S. military’s plans to reduce energy consumption. Watch too for new levels of cooperation as new leadership takes its place at Calstart-HTUF partner NAC – the U.S. Army’s National Automotive Center, and TARDEC, the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. —Page 4
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Parker drives are being tested in Freightliner Custom Chassis package delivery vehicles as they find traction in Autocar trash trucks. —Page 8
High-level government speakers at the 2012 High-Efficiency Truck Users Forum include Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to President Obama for Energy and Climate Change, who will give the keynote address Tuesday morning. The Wednesday morning keynoter is Dr. Dane Boysen,
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St. Louis-based Emerald Automotive has chosen HTUF 2012 for the official U.S. debut of its UK-built t-001 extended-range commercial van. —See Page 11
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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Embraces Calstart Greetings!
truck. Annual U.S. sales of hybrid and electric trucks On behalf of the citizens of are growing and now exceed 1,000. In short, Charlotte, I would like to welthe next generation of come the attendees of the Highheavy-duty vehicles will Efficiency Truck Users Forum (HTUF) National Conference & be cleaner and more fuel Expo on September 18–20, 2012. efficient as a result of this government and industry We are happy that you have partnership. chosen Charlotte for this event Annually, hundreds of and we trust that you will feel comfortable and at home in the fleets, government and Queen City. industry partners gather at the HTUF National HTUF, the High-Efficiency Conference & Expo to Truck Users Forum, is operated by CALSTART in partnership learn about new developments, share information with and under contract to the Mayor Anthony Foxx US Army TARDEC National and identify new strategies Automotive Center. When the HTUF program to further advance the commercialization of the was first launched in 2001, no major manufac- high-efficiency truck and bus marketplace. turer had a hybrid or electric truck available for sale. Today, every major U.S. manufacturer now sells an electric and/or at least one hybrid
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It gives me great pleasure to share our fastgrowing, dynamic, and innovative city with such a diverse and impressive group. Charlotte continues to be recognized and selected as a meeting destination by an increasing number of organizations. It is a community of pleasant tree-lined neighborhoods, parks and museums, restaurants, and sports facilities. We are especially proud to be the home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the Levine Center for the Arts which includes The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts +Culture. In addition, the activities available in our vibrant Center City mixes dining, entertainment, and cultural amenities that are distinctly Charlotte. Again, we are pleased to have you join us in Charlotte and we welcome the opportunity to share our southern hospitality with you. Mayor Anthony Foxx
EV Challenge Silent Auction HTUF 2012 will see a Silent Auction to benefit the EV Challenge, a national electric car competition for high school students run by the Raleigh-based Carolina Electric Vehicle Coalition. Students from one of the winning teams, the West Wilkes High School in Millers Creek, N.C., are here with their pure battery electric Chevy S-10 conversion. West Wilkes students have also converted a 2000 Mazda Miata. EV Challenge is at Booth 520.
The West Wilkes High School team has converted vehicles including a Mazda Miata and Chevy S-10 pickup to battery electric operation.
Take Your Revenge The local Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition and Modern Nissan of Lake Norman (Cornelius, N.C.) are hosting a screening of Revenge of the Electric Car on Tuesday evening, 7 p.m. at the Epi-Center Theatres at 210 East Trade Street. There is a pre-screening party at the Mez Lounge at 6:30 p.m..
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Kevin Beaty Takes HTUF Helm “The clean transportation technology field has never been more important or complex than it is today. I believe Calstart is uniquely positioned to partner with industry and government to help drive this market forward.” That’s the word from Kevin Beaty, who is attending his first HTUF in his new job as Calstart VP and HTUF director. He’s well known for hybrid vehicles at Eaton – and perhaps less well known for more than ten years with the Southwest Research Institute and with Woodward Governor, specializing in natural gas vehicles. His priority? Help shake up an industry he says deserves better times. Beaty talks not about hybrids versus natural gas, nor EVs versus propane, but about clean tech vehicles as a whole.
“The clean tech industry for commercial vehicle transportation really has not been as effective as those of us who have been active for awhile would have expected or desired,” he says. “The industry is at a point where some reflection and original thinking is needed, to unlock a better recipe.” “We need some fresh thinking and we need to keep a sense of urgency.” One way to do that, he says, is to help fleet professionals better understand the choices they have throughout the whole range of clean tech vehicles. Beaty will remain located in Michigan – where
HTUF 2011 Ride-and-Drive in Baltimore.
Calstart plans to open an office. Michigan is also the likeliest place for HTUF 2013. Beaty will moderate the plenary Industry Thought Leaders session Wednesday morning. Indianapolis in March Calstart will again host the Green Truck Summit, preceding the National Truck Equipment Association’s Work Truck Show, in Indianapolis, March 5-6, 2013. The Work Truck Show runs March 6-8. NTEA is at Booth 321 here.
New TARDEC Leaders Too
Plug-In F-150 from Quantum California’s Quantum Technologies has brought two Ford F-150 pickups outfitted for plug-in hybrid electric operation – one for Booth 403 and one for the Thursday ride-and-drive. The parallel hybrid architecture affords single-charge, all-electric range of 35 miles.
As at Calstart’s High-Efficiency Truck User Forum, there is new brass at HTUF’s program partner organizations within with the U.S. Army. Paul Rogers assumed his new role as director of TARDEC, the Army’s Tank Automotive, Research, Development and Engineering Center, in August. Earlier this year, David Thomas took the top job at TARDEC’s National Automotive Center unit, replacing Paul Skalny, who retired from NAC in 2011. NAC is building on a 20 year history of partnerships with the domestic auto industry and energy community, the Army said. “NAC will continue to serve as the Army’s focal point
for the development of dual-use automotive technologies and their application to military ground vehicles,” Thomas said. At TARDEC, “We are going to face some strategic conditions that will challenge us over the next year or two,” said Rogers. “We have budget pressures and major programs that are transitioning from production to sustainment,” he said – issues that affect the U.S. industrial base itself. TARDEC Lt. Col. Glenn Kerley is slated to speak at the Military Activities for Technology Acceleration session early Wednesday afternoon, and TARDEC’s Adam Puzzouli will appear at the Under Construction session late Wednesday.
Hino Sets Hybrid Launch Plan Hino Trucks, which last year saw the U.S. debut of its new cabover trucks including the hybrid electric 195h COE delayed behind a strong Japanese yen, has advised that the vehicles will be arriving at qualified Hino dealerships across the country this autumn. The 19,500 GVW trucks feature 210 horsepower and 440 foot-pounds of torque from Hino’s 5-liter J05E Series engine. “Over the past several months, the management team at Hino has monitored the truck market rebound, the U.S. economy, and foreign currency exchange rates to develop a plan that supported our customers and dealers in the short term, while sustaining a business model for the long term,” said marketing VP Glenn Ellis. 4
“With these factors in mind, the introduction of the cab-over truck is on track.” Hino dealers will have an opportunity to reach new customers as the Toyota unit establishes itself “as the measure of quality, durability, reliability and hybrid technology in the cabover market,” the company says. Hino notes that the new trucks meet 2010 emission standards with no SCR (selective catalytic reduction). California will be the first state to get the 195h hybrid. Hino Trucks is at Booth 513.
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Eaton for Hybrids and for NGV Fueling Eaton, which has supplied the lion’s share of hybrid electric drivelines for commercial heavy duty vehicles, has just publicized a new effort to reduce their cost.
BAE Brings a Pair of Heavies BAE Systems will be demonstrating its HybriDrive Parallel drivetrain for trucks in two heavy duty vehicles here at HTUF 2012. A Class 8 Kenworth dump truck with the parallel HDP800 drive, and a Class 6 Freightliner M2 pickup and delivery vehicle with the HDP700 version are here. BAE (Booth 113), after fielding thousands of series hybrid electric HybriDrive drives in heavy duty transit buses, launched a parallel version for trucks at HTUF 2010 in Dearborn, Mich. The firm has since named Remy as its motor supplier and Caterpillar for an off-the-shelf transmission that both reduces costs and allows the drive to be used in a wider range of vehicle types. BAE has a 20-year agreement with Caterpillar to BAE has a 20-year integrate the Cat CX fam- agreement with ily of transmissions into its HybriDrive parallel drive Caterpillar to integrate for trucks, and says it “will the Cat CX family of establish an aftermarket field transmissions into its services model leveraging Caterpillar’s vast global ser- HybriDrive parallel vice network to support the drive for trucks growing installed base.” Besides the Kenworth and Freightliner trucks here, BAE’s parallel drive is being tested in real-world service in a refuse truck by Crane Carrier. BAE’s series drives for buses use lithium batteries from A123 (Booth 406). Here at the HTUF conference, BAE HybriDrive product manager Tim Wells will participate in the Industry Thought Leaders plenary panel on Tuesday morning. Business development executive Larry Fuehrer will discuss transit authority fleets at the Wednesday morning Fleet Breakfast – which BAE is sponsoring. BAE principal systems engineer Derek Matthews will talk about Interactions and Impacts on Hybrids with CNG and OBD at the Technology Trends session early Wednesday afternoon.
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The $2.5 million project is funded jointly between Eaton (Booth 101) and a grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). The goal is to reduce the size of the battery by 50% and improve the total performance of the system and its charge rate while maintaining fuel economy and overall vehicle performance. Eaton engineers in Southfield, Mich. will work with their counterparts at DoE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory “Innovative heat exchanger technology will in Colorado. Eaton vehicle systems engi- improve efficiency and neer Alex Stucky will discuss cut cost dramatically,” Value Enhancement in HybridElectric Vehicle Systems at the Technology Trends session early Tuesday afternoon. He’ll detail Eaton’s twin goals of reducing the costs of hybrid systems, while increasing their value. The battery project is the second to be back by ARPA-E in recent weeks. Eaton also has a $3.4 million grant to develop affordable home refueling stations for natural gas vehicles. Eaton teams in Southfield and its Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn., in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, are to devise a fueling system unit that uses liquid, acting as a piston, to compress natural gas. “Innovative heat exchanger technology will improve efficiency and cut cost dramatically,” Eaton says. The firm says that that its prototype will be available before the end of 2015 with a target production price of $500. “Innovative projects like these have the potential to make natural gas vehicles more affordable and convenient for every American family and revolutionize the way we commute,” said Dane Boysen, who directs DOE’s Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy (MOVE) program. “My hope is that these advanced technologies will enable us to use our abundant domestic supply of natural gas for transportation, diversifying our nation’s fuel and refueling portfolio for the future.” Boysen is an HTUF 2012 keynote speaker and will be appearing Wednesday morning.
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Terex HyPower Retrofits
Terex just this month introduced the “Tru-Level” tilting pedestal system for its aerial lifts. The device allows for operation on slopes of up to 20%. It relieves operators stress and improves safety, and decreases stress on the rotation gearbox, thus extending component life. It is fully compatible with the HyPower battery lift.
Terex Utilities (Booth 417) is now offering its battery-operated, and hence idle time-slashing HyPower aerial lifts for retrofit. “Not only is this a less expensive option, but it’s also a faster way for customers to meet their company’s green initiatives,” says national accounts manager Nick Cammisa. The system helps customers save fuel and reduce exhaust emissions while allowing operators to function in a relatively quiet work environment, a benefit for noise sensitive job sites.
UQM’s PowerPhase HD 220 Colorado’s UQM Technologies is promoting its new PowerPhase HD 220, a driveline package with “the most powerful electric motor that UQM has ever manufactured” and an all-new controller designed specifically for the commercial vehicle market. The PowerPhase HD 220 delivers 700 Nm of peak torque with 220 kilowatts peak and 120 kilowatts continuous power (160 horsepower). It is “market-ready,” UQM says. Commercial vehicles powered by existing UQM drives include Hino electric city buses, Proterra electric composite transit buses, all-electric medium-duty truck and walk-in delivery vans for UPS by Electric Vehicles International, and Boulder EV delivery vans for Federal Express. UQM is also promoting its PowerPhase Pro 100 and PowerPhase Pro 135 electric propulsion systems at Booth 401. HTUF 2012 is the event for Sandro Marcantonio, a new member of the UQM sales team.
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More Parker Hannifin Hydraulic Hybrids Parker Hannifin, supplier of the heavy duty RunWise hydraulic hybrid drivetrain, reports average fuel savings of more 43% – with 99% uptime – validated behind more than a year of testing for refuse collection in south Florida. The company has supplied the RunWise drive for Autocar E3 refuse vehicles in Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas and California. “We have six that have been running for more than 15 months,” Danny Diaz of Miami-Dade County said earlier this year. “They’ve exceeded our expectations.” Miami-Dade is using a U.S. EPA Emerging Technology grant to offset the incremental cost of further vehicles. Separately, a less powerful variant of the Parker drive is being tested in Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp package delivery trucks by FedEx Ground, Purolator Courier, and UPS – all members of Calstart’s HTUF parcel delivery working group. The Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp vehicles with Morgan Olson bodies have hydraulic hybrid drivelines from Parker Hannifin, integrated and assembled by FCCC. “Parker’s onboard controller incorporates an advanced engine-off strategy to minimize unnecessary run time,” says Calstart. “Fuel use can be reduced by 40% or better fuel economy based on route profile.” “We look forward to the improvements to fuel economy and drivability that this new technology brings to the industry and are willing to work with the OEMs to validate these improvements for other fleets,” Purolator fleet
chief Serge Viola said Calstart’s announcement. Tamar Williamson of Parker Hannifin and Jean-Baptiste Gallo of Calstart will speak at the Special Delivery parcel deliver session here Wednesday afternoon. Parker says that the Miami-Dade Autocar E3s with the heavy duty RunWise hydraulic hybrid burn some 36 gallons of fuel per day compared with other vehicles in the fleet which use 63 gallons. Brake energy recovery for the RunWise hydraulic system is 71%, as compared with just 21% for a hybrid electric, Parker’s Tom DeCoster said at this year’s NTEA-Calstart Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis (he’s speaking here too; see box at right). Also operating pre-production RunWise E3s in Florida are the cities of Hialeah and Miami. According to Parker, Miami has purchased five additional Autocar E3s “after operating one truck on city routes during the past year and witnessing close to 50% fuel savings.” The City of Manteca, Calif. is to take delivery later this year of two new Autocar E3 refuse trucks with the RunWise drive. The Autocar ACX64-based vehicles are the first AutocarParker hydraulic hybrids for California. Manteca is paying $409,000 each for the trucks, reflecting a price premium of about $125,000 over a straight ACX64. Manteca is getting $250,000
A hydraulic hybrid driveline from Parker Hannifin is being tested by FedEx Ground, Purolator Courier, and UPS in Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp package delivery trucks as part of Calstart’s HTUF parcel delivery working group.
from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (Valley Air), as well as California Air Resources Board HVIP (Hybrid Vehicle Incentive Program) support. The City of Seymour, Ind. has taken delivery of a single RunWise E3 truck, applying a grant through DoE Clean Cities to offset the incremental cost of about $120,000, according Parker Foursome Parker Hannifin representatives are making no fewer than four HTUF 2012 presentations: • Morgan Hamori on Implementation Lessons for Fleets early Tuesday afternoon; • Nathan Knestrick on Greening Garbage late Tuesday afternoon; • Parker Hannifin is at Booth 107. • Tom DeCoster on Understanding the Business Case early Wednesday afternoon; and Tamar Williamson at the Special Delivery parcel delivery truck session late Wednesday afternoon.
to Seymour public works director Dick Wilde. The total cost of the vehicle, with Labrie sideloader body, is about $445,000, Wilde says. A test vehicle in Seymour showed a fuel savings of about 50%, he says. Operators have reported positive driving experiences and increased route productivity too, Parker says. “The hybrid is faster, more dependable, experiences less noise in the cab and has not encountered any problems,” Miami operator Scotty Rodgers said in a Parker’s announcement.
Santa Cruz to Test Autocar Trio The City of Santa Cruz, Calif. will test three different Autocar trucks to see how compressed natural gas and a hydraulic hybrid drive compare with straight diesel. Santa Cruz has ordered three Autocar trucks: the latest Xpeditor model fueled by diesel, another fueled by natural gas, and the third
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an E3 variant (diesel-fueled) with the RunWise heavy duty series hydraulic hybrid drive by Parker Hannifin (Booth 107). “We’re going to compare the three different technologies in both emissions and fuel economy,” says Paul Soderstrom of Santa Cruz. Operations will commence next year.
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XL Hybrids Is Using JCI Battery Packs In line with a strategy of using top-drawer components for its modest hybrid vans, Massachusetts’ XL Hybrids disclosed last month that it will use new battery packs from Johnson Controls, Inc. when it enters production in early 2013. The JCI packs with high-power, spiralwound lithium nickel cobalt aluminum cells represent a refinement of the battery packs in the XL Hybrids vans currently in trials. They are “based on an off-the shelf module with some customization,” says XL co-founder and supply chain VP Clay Siegert. XL, which has brought a truck and is exhibiting at Booth 119 here, let the world know in May that it was using motors from Parker Hannifin (Booth 107). XL is developing economical upfits – costing about $8,000 – of GM vans, yielding fuel savings of better than 20%. The idea is to offer fleets significant savings while keepings costs down, all the while maintaining high quality and reliability. “Our strategy is to source our components from Tier 1 auto suppliers,” says XL co-founder and business development VP Justin Ashton. “It really does reduce our risk.”
model,” said JCI power solutions VP David DeGraaf. JCI is also supplying batteries for heaver hybrids by Odyne (Booth 709). XL hybrid versions of Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans with the new Johnson Controls pack will go on sale in 2013. XL says
XL plans to place as many as 30 vehicles with fleets for trials this year. Some are already in test service. “We’re smack dab in the middle of validation with some of the largest fleets in the country,” Ashton says. “Large, Fortune 500 fleets.” The new battery pack has 1.8 kilowatt-hours of energy storage and, more importantly, a peak discharge power rating of 50 kilowatts with a nominal 260 volts. “Short bursts of high power are important,” says Siegert. The new pack will be fully developed and launched from Johnson Controls’ lithium ion facility in Holland, JCI sees ‘a compelling business case’ for XL’s modest hybrids. Mich. in early 2013, XL says. “Our agreement with Johnson Controls, one of the largest automotive suppli- it “will extend its offering to include a full lineup ers in the world, gives our team and customers of hybrid makes and models including the most confidence in the performance and quality of popular pickup trucks and vans,” as well. such a critical component as the energy storXL said is past spring that Henley Transmisage system,” Siegert says. “Purchasing a battery sion Services, with nine locations the largest pack manufactured in the USA was an additional franchise holder of AAMCO automotive service bonus as we are committed to supporting domes- centers, has agreed to certify technicians to install tic production.” and service XL’s hybrid electric conversions in “XL Hybrids has a compelling business New England.
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Wrightspeed Brings a CNG Plug-In California’s Wrightspeed has brought a compressed natural gas turbine-powered plug-in hybrid electric truck to HTUF 2012. The San Jose-based firm is in line for nearly $5.8 million from the California Energy Commission development “The Route” plug-in. “The grant funds will accelerate manufacturing of Wrightspeed’s Route retrofit powertrain for the surprisingly large medium duty commercial fleet market, which boasts 2 million trucks in the U.S. alone,” the company says. Wrightspeed (Booth 201) is working with the Isuzu NPR platform, and saw efficiency rise from about 12 miles per gallon in testing with a metro drive cycle, to 25 to 40 miles per gallon (on a cost equivalent basis, drive cycle-dependent) with its drivetrain. Wrightspeed says it raised some $10 million in private investments during 2010 and 2011, some of which was used as matching funds for the company’s prior CEC grant of $1.2 million. Wrightspeed opened its present San Jose facility in April 2011, and since then says it “has built and tested an impressive amount of IP, including… 250 horsepower 2-speed Geared Traction Drive (GTD) with clutchless electronic shifting
Company founder and CEO Ian Wright is to speak at the Understanding the Business Case session here early Wednesday afternoon.
(an industry first), 200 kilowatt inverter, battery pack and management system, and patent-pending vehicle dynamics control system.” Largely because the factory truck’s engine and transmission are removed, the PHEV drivetrain adds no weight to the vehicle. “While continuing to meet payload, power, and range expectations of fleet operators, the Route offers a 3-5 year return on investment
Motiv Emphasizes Flexible ePCS California’s Motiv Power Systems is promoting a ‘battery agnostic’ electric Powertrain Control System for full battery vehicles. Motive’s ePCS allows vehicle builders and
power flow between all electrical components in the vehicle. Thus fleets can choose their battery vendors as well as vehicle range and power. There are “no engineering or testing costs for changing to battery systems of different sizes or chemistries.” A battery electric bus, built with California Energy Commission support, was tested with Motiv’s ePCS over a six-month period, achieving 100 to 120 miles on a single charge. Operating costs were just 10¢ per mile, Motiv reports, “one-sixth of an equivalent diesel vehicle.” “Our system “de-risks” the introduction of electric trucks to Battery electric bus by Motiv Power Systems was funded by the medium-duty truck fleets,” says California Energy Commission. Motiv CEO Jim Castelaz. “It’s a even operators to switch or add batteries when system that supports the current diesel truck new types become available, or when duty chassis OEM’s ecosystem. Fleets are free to spec demands change. Via intelligent software con- the exact type of vehicle they want and work with trol algorithms, Motiv’s ePCS actively manages their trusted chassis vendors.” 10
unparalleled by competing electric drive and hybrid technologies,” the company says. Both CNG and diesel vehicles are planned, as are further chassis options. Wrightspeed builds its own 26-kilowatt-hour battery packs with proprietary BMS (battery management system). It currently uses Nanophosphate brand lithium ion cells from A123 (Booth 406).
Castelaz will detail his firm’s offering at the E-Trucks in Action –Technology Tools session here early Tuesday afternoon. He’ll present data acquired by the Motiv ePCS using Motiv’s Android-based Remote Telemetry System. The Motiv RTS “is unique to the industry,” the company says, “as it provides real-time, secure, wireless data connectivity of the shuttle bus with the Motiv cloud. “The RTS monitors operations such as performance, battery charge, route, component health and vehicle status to provide detailed analytics to fleet operators for preventive maintenance and service.” “The Motiv demo bus is the first all-electric vehicle to feature this level of detail in real-time monitoring, as well as function with two different sets of batteries in a single powertrain,” Castellez says. “This demonstrates the mixand-match component feature of the ePCS and allows for battery sets to be compared in real world environments.” Motiv is at Booth 516 and its battery bus will take part in the HTUF 2012 ride-and-drive at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday.
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Emerald Automotive Unveils the t-001
The t-001 extended-range electric van from Missouri- and UK-based Emerald Automotive is making its official U.S. debut at Booth 413. “We have worked extremely hard over the past three years to develop an all-new, light weight, advanced technology vehicle to serve global fleet operators,” says Emerald CEO Andy Tempest. “The t-001 will reduce fuel use, cut emissions and save our customers money, without compromising performance,” he said. “We announced several months ago that two prototypes had been built and now we are eager to share these vehicles with the public.”
“We announced several months ago that two prototypes had been built and now we are eager to share these vehicles with the public.” Emerald describes its flagship t-001 as an all-new lightweight, extended-range hybrid electric delivery vehicle, which can achieve more than 100 miles per gallon on a typical duty cycle and has a range of 475 miles per fueling. It also reduces emissions by 80% with a payload of 3,000 pounds, “without compromise on performance.” With a 25 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery pack and 75-kilowatt motor, the vehicle is to have a battery-only range of 66 miles. Emerald, with its U.S. headquarters in Hazelwood, Mo., is the development and production
company bringing the UK-designed t-001 van to market. Emerald cites firms like Revolve Technologies, Ricardo, Rinehart Motion, the Advanced Composites Group, Evo Electric and the UK’s Axeon (lithium ion battery technology) among its technical partners. UK Fuel cell specialist Intelligent Energy is named as a commercial partner, along with numerous financial organizations. The project in an earlier form was publicized nearly two years ago at EVS-25, the world electric vehicles show in Shenzhen, China. Intelligent Energy indicated that it wanted to develop a state-of-the-art electric vehicle platform that would be suitable for hydrogen fuel cell propulsion for the day when fuel cells become economically viable. “Now that we have a road-ready vehicle that is being driven and tested, the level of interest we are seeing both from customers and investors has increased exponentially,” Tempest said. “The global fleet market has been calling for a long range, low emission, large payload product for some time, but so far no vehicle has been developed that can meet those needs without compromise. “We are ready to serve that market with the all new t-001,” he said.
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“Private investment interest in Emerald recently prompted the company to withdraw its application from the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program, not wanting progress to be hindered by any restrictive program,” Emerald said late last month in announcing the t-001’s HTUF 2012 debut. Emerald last year reported a $5 million loan approval from the City of Hazelwood and the Missouri Technology Corporation. Ian Collins is Emerald’s technical director, and Gary Marble is the U.S.-based sales director.
Pi Innovo for Innovative Controls England- and Michigan-based Pi Innovo is promoting its expertise in electronic controls development at Booth 706. The firm emphasizes OpenECU, described as a wide range of adaptable, field-ready products and intellectual property designed to accelerate electronics system development. Pi Innovo offers a range of ECU (engine control unit) development options and strategies, with strong OBD compliance attributes. The firm claims expertise in control systems for pure electric and electric hybrid vehicles. “Technologies include hybrid combinations of battery power with gasoline, diesel and fuel cell power sources,” the firm says – noting that it has worked with hydraulic hybrid systems as well. Late last month, Pi Innovo said it had achieved Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Maturity Level Three for its CMMI for Development version 1.3. CMMI stands for Capability Maturity Model Integration, “a process improvement approach for software-intensive systems.” Pi Innovo has both civil and military clients.
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Siemens Promotes eHighway Catenary Concept Siemens, with the support of California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District and development partners including DaimerMercedes, is proposing a new type of heavy duty hybrid based on a very old concept – electricity from overhead catenary wires. Siemens (Booth 109) calls the concept eHighway, and says it’s “a cost-effective alternative to the use of fossil fuels in freight transport on the road.” The idea is to outfit trucks with a hybrid drivetrain, likely a series drive, and power them with electricity from overhead lines along high-traffic highways in the population-dense areas adjacent to major ports. When the trucks reach the end of the overhead lines, they switch to fossil fuel to complete their delivery or transfer missions.
When close to their home ports, hybrid electric drayage tractors would draw 100% of their power from overhead catenary wires, just as city trolleys have done since the 1800s.
“The concept combines innovation with extensive experience because it is based on proven railroad technologies from Siemens,” Siemens says. Siemens has also furnished motors and controls for thousands of transit buses with drives from BAE Systems (Booth 113). The concept is also known as Zetech, for Zero Emission Truck and Electric Catenary Highway. The Santa Monica-based Gladstein, Neandross & Associates consultancy recently completed a Zetech analysis for SCAQMD, and 12
“Catenary-powered hybrid trucks with internal combustion engines can simultaneously address emissions and fuel economy issues while providing operational flexibility at a similar or lower cost of ownership as other zero-emission technologies.” concluded, “Catenary-powered hybrid trucks with internal combustion engines can simultaneously address emissions and fuel economy issues while providing operational flexibility at a similar or lower cost of ownership as other zero-emission technologies.” HTUF host Calstart has also evaluated the catenary concept, and found “no major technological barriers.” Both Calstart and GNA focused on the I-710 corridor leading from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Calstart said it sees 2035 as the “horizon year” for implementation: “The commercialization process for a complex product like a Class 8 truck includes significant engineering and development work, including demonstration and validation of early prototypes, building a small number of pre-production vehicles, and constructing a business case for moving to full production over the course of several years,” Calstart says. “It is not advisable to jump directly to the desired outcome because competing technologies must be evaluated, tested, proven, and commercialized.”
Both Calstart and GNA focused on the I-710 corridor leading from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, a congested road due for upgrading anyway and thus a good candidate for the installation of catenary power. ‘The I-710 Corridor has high levels of health risks related to high levels of diesel particulate emissions, traffic congestion, high truck volumes, high accident rates, and many design features in need of modernization,’ Calstart said.
Thomas Orberger of Siemens will speak at the Technology Trends session Tuesday afternoon.
Metropolis Heavy Plug-In by MAN Truck Germany’s MAN Truck and Bus is promoting the Metropolis plugin hybrid electric, engineered with Benteler, as the world’s first heavy duty truck with a passenger-car diesel engine – a 3-liter Volkswagen TDI diesel as a range-extender for its lithium ion batteries. Metropolis has an HVH410 motor by Remy.
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HTUF Goes to China Not exactly HTUF, but Calstart is busily organizing the U.S.-China Clean Truck and Bus Summit 2012, aka China Clean Truck, being held October 30November 1 in Beijing. “This is a tremendous market opportunity for U.S. companies,” Calstart says, noting that the commercial vehicle sector in China is in a period of rapid growth, and there is strong city and government commitment to deploying cleaner commercial vehicles. U.S. companies, meanwhile, lead the world in advanced truck and bus technologies. “Moreover,” Calstart says, “fuel is a higher cost of the operator’s business
case in China because vehicle and labor costs are substantially lower. Therefore, technologies that reduce fuel cost – like hybrid and electric vehicles – may have higher value in China than elsewhere in the early market.” Calstart’s partners for the event, a joint initiative of U.S. and Chinese industry and ITA, the U.S. International Trade Administration, include the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET), the China Automotive Engineering Research Institute (CAERI), and the Commercial Vehicle and Construction Machinery New Energy Powertrain System Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance (CCNP). BAE Systems (Booth 113) and Dow Kokam are sponsors.
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Altec is in from Alabama talking California at Booth 713 – spreading the word about “the industry’s first ever greenfocused facility,” in Dixon, Calif., a 42,400 square-foot assembly plant featuring state-of-the-art sustainable construction and exceeding Title 24 energy and lighting codes. A purchase commitment by Pacific Gas & Electric contributed to Altec’s decision to expand in California. Altec is also promoting lightweight aluminum truck bodies, and its batteryoperated aerial lift, tradenamed JEMS, for Jobsite Energy Management System. JEMS includes export power for hand tools and other electrical accessories, and is now available in Altec’s larger aerial units, including its 55-foot over-center aerial device. The idle-reducing system has been approved by the California Air Resources Board.
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Agenda High-Efficiency Truck Users Forum
Monday, September 17 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Move-in – Hall B
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Registration Open – A Concourse Below
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop – Fuel Economy
An interactive feedback session focusing on issues, challenges, etc. that can shape the formation of Phase II of the new fuel economy/carbon rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. – Room 213D
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break – East Pre-function Area 2
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop – Military Installations
The increased military deployment of advanced technology vehicles, especially plug-in variants, will require changes in facilities and operations. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on information for military fleet managers. – Room 213D
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Fleet Reception (invitation only) sponsored by Southern Company
Tuesday, September 18 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open – A Concourse Below 7:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast – Ballroom AB Pre-Function Area 8:30 am - 9:45 am
General Session – Ballroom AB
Overview of Market Demand: Technology Trends and Next Steps •
Welcome: John Boesel, President & CEO, CALSTART
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Welcome: US Army TARDEC National Automotive Center
Keynote – Perspectives: The Growing Drivers of Change Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Policy
Concurrent Sessions
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Whitney Pitkanen, CALSTART (moderator)
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Jim Castelaz, Motiv Power Systems
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Vishant Shah, EnerNex
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Larry Kubes, Remy Electric
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Ian Collins, Emerald Automotive
Technology Trends – New Innovations for the Market The panel will discuss some of the latest technology developments in the medium- and heavy-duty markets, including hydraulic hybrid technology and in-wheel motors. – Room 217A •
Ewan Pritchard, Keystone Science Center, NCSU (moderator)
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John Kargul, US EPA
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Brad Bohlmann, University of Minnesota
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Alex Stucky, Eaton
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Derek Matthews, BAE Systems
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Tom Prucha, Protean Electric
Implementation Lessons for Fleets This panel will focus on the challenges fleets face as they deploy advanced technology vehicles: fuel/technology selection, performance tracking, and operations. – Room 217D •
Mike Tourville, Evans Cooling Systems (moderator)
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Mark O’Connell, Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program
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David Worthington, Sonoma County
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Greg Treinen, Freightliner
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Morgan Hamori, Parker Hannifin
Utility and Telecom Applications This session showcases technologies and issues related to the use of Electric Power Take-Off (E-PTO), non-driveline hybrids and other utility and telecom worksite applications. – Room 211AB •
Dean Jones, Duke Energy (moderator)
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Jasna Tomic, CALSTART
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Nick Cammisa, Terex Mark Greer, Altec
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Break – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area
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10:15 am - 11:30 am
General Session – Ballroom AB
Making Change Real: Driving User Adoption
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Break in Expo Hall sponsored by Mack Trucks – Hall B
Fleet Leadership Roundtable: Speeding the Break-Out of Advanced Trucks
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
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John Formisano, Board Chair, CALSTART (moderator)
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Cedric Daniels, Electric Power Program Manager, Alabama Power/ Southern Company
E-Trucks in Action – Infrastructure and Economic Opportunities The focal points of this discussion will be how well E-Trucks are performing and defining pathways that meet infrastructure needs and challenges. – Room 213BC
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Steve Hanson, Alternative Vehicle Program Manager, Frito-Lay North America
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Danny Kings, Alabama Power/Southern Company (moderator)
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Claude Masters, Manager, Fleet Acquisition and Fuel, Florida Power and Light
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Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART
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Matthew Stewart, Senior Automotive Equipment Analyst, City of Chicago
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Jeff Kessen, A123 Systems
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Michael Herbert, ACT I
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Andre Ramirez, Southern California Edison
10:30 am - 7:30 pm
Expo Hall Open – Hall B
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch in Expo Hall – Hall B 12:30 pm
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E-Trucks in Action – Technology Tools to Speed Implementation This session provides real-world information on E-Truck usage, including fleet user profiles and technical data on battery life. – Room 213BC
Product Reveal by Odyne/Johnson Controls – Hall B
Technology Trends – Coming Soon to a Truck Near You This session showcases some of the technologies that are in development and will be in the market in the not-so-distant future including flywheel hybrids and light-weight materials. – Room 217D
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Tuesday, September 18 Continued •
Michael Bates, NGT News (moderator)
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Thomas Orberger, Siemens
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Jonas Schuster, Lenze Schmidhauser
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Steven Fleischman, Western Washington University
Going Global CALSTART’s US-China Initiative is just one example of the global reach of US companies and the promise of growing international demand through trade missions. This session covers both the opportunities and challenges of operating internationally in the advanced truck marketplace. – Room 217A
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George Survant, Senior Director, Fleet, Time Warner Cable
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Andy Tempest, CEO, Emerald Automotive
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Tim Wells, Program Manager, Vehicle Hybrid Systems, BAE Systems
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Tim Weaver, Senior Director, Global Affairs, Smith Electric
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Expo Hall Open – Hall B
10:00 am - 2:30 pm North Carolina PEV Taskforce Meeting – Room 217AB 10:30 am - 11:00 am Break, sponsored by Altec – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area
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Peter Thomas, FIAMM SoNick (moderator)
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Bill Van Amburg, CALSTART
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Dr. Rajshekar DasGupta, Electovaya
New Financing Options to Drive Adoption
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Mike Tourville, Evans Cooling Systems
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Bill Van Amburg, Senior Vice President, CALSTART (moderator)
Greening Garbage
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Tom Brotherton, Regional Director, CALSTART
Get the latest on clean technologies for the refuse industry, including new components, systems, and fuel uses. – Room 211AB
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Joe Calavita, Air Pollution Specialist, US EPA Region 9/CARB
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Camron Gorguinpour, Special Assistant, U.S. Air Force
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Richard Parish, CALSTART (moderator)
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Leonardo Alencar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Kathy Sanders, City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services
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Erik Blowers, God Bless the USA Trash Service
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Benoit LaCroix, Effenco Development
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Nathan Knestrick, Parker Hannifin
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Expo Hall Reception sponsored by Hino Trucks – Hall B
7:00 pm
Revenge of the Electric Car Screening hosted by the Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition and Modern Nissan of Lake Norman. Epi-Center Theatres, 210 E. Trade Street u 6:30 pm
Pre-Screening party at Mez Lounge
Wednesday, September 19
General Session – Ballroom AB
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch in Expo Hall – Hall B 12:30 pm
Product Reveal by Emerald Automotive – Hall B
11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Exhibitor Silent Auction to benefit EV Challenge – Hall B
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Technology Trends – What Fleets Should Know Get updates on the latest practical developments in the HTUF purview: retrofitting, OBD challenges and new hybrid configurations. – Room 213A •
Claude Masters, Florida Power & Light (moderator)
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Lawrence Zepp, Variable Torque Motors
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Dwight Hansell, Pi Innovo
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Justin Ashton, XL Hybrids
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Glenn Ellis, Hino Trucks
Understanding the Business Case
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Open – A Concourse Below
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Fleet Breakfast (fleet professionals only) sponsored by BAE Systems – Room 217CD
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast (all attendees) – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area
8:30 am - 10:30 am
General Session – Ballroom AB
Transforming Transportation: Driving Down Costs and Making the Business Case • Welcome, David Mohler, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, Duke Energy
Economic indicators such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV) and payback period are applied to advanced vehicle technologies to compare the whole life cycle costs against conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles. Important analytic tools will be showcased. – Room 213BC •
Jason Wager, Centralina Council of Governments (moderator)
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Mira Inbar, Dow Kokam
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Ian Wright, Wrightspeed
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Nathan Knestrick, Parker Hannifin
Class 8 – Making the Grade
Keynote – Transformative Technologies
This session focuses on Class 8 technology developments, including the HTUF Class 8 Working Group evaluation results, CNG/LNG activities, beverage delivery truck performance and trailer efficiency. – Room 213D
Dr. Dane Boysen, Program Director, ARPA-e
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Curtis Dorwart, Mack Trucks (moderator)
Industry Thought Leaders: What Is Required to Move the Industry Forward?
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Patrick Chen, CALSTART
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Michael Roeth, NACFE
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Douglas Thomson, EcoDual
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Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART
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Kevin Beaty, Vice President and Director of HTUF, CALSTART (moderator)
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Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors Company
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Wednesday, September 19 Continued Military Activities for Technology Acceleration This session provides an in-depth look into advanced technology vehicle adaptation in the military, including an update on the HTUF Military Working Group, and vehicle deployments and activities. – Room 218AB
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Richard Parish, CALSTART (moderator)
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Tamar Williamson, Parker Hannifin
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Michael Lammert, NREL
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Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART
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Brad McNett, US Army TARDEC HTUF Program Manager (moderator)
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Wesley Scharmen, Ricardo
State and Local Strategies This roundtable discussion will provide an update on innovative state and local programs and development strategies for advanced truck deployment. – Room 213A
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Lt. Col. Glenn Kerley, Jr., US Army TARDEC
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Carl Lisek, South Shore Clean Cities (moderator)
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Dave Cook, US Navy NAVFAC Daniel Bartz, US Army TARDEC
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Jesse Shroyer, Smith Electric
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Sean Flaherty, Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition
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Kathy Boyer, Triangle J Council of Governments
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Jamison Walker, Virginia Clean Cities
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Anne Tazewell, North Carolina Solar Center
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Joe Calavita, US EPA Region 9/CARB
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break, sponsored by Phoenix International – East Pre-function Area 2 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
The Real World Business Case Drawing on actual fleet experiences, this session provides in-depth analyses of issues, such as drive cycles and creative leasing. – Room 217AB •
Cedric Daniels, Southern Company (moderator)
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Adam Duran, NREL
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Steve Whaley, Alliance Autogas
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Joe Korn, ARI
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Jeffrey Esfeld, VIA Motors
Under Construction This panel will report on the HTUF Construction Equipment Working Group demo results and challenges that face the off-road sector. – Room 213D •
Dennis Johnson, US EPA SmartWay (moderator)
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Adam Puzzouli, US Army TARDEC
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Clark Fortune, Eaton
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John Oenick, Phoenix International
Special Delivery This session highlights the results of advanced technology deployments of alternative fuel and hybrid technologies for parcel delivery trucks. – Room 213BC
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Closing Night Gala at the NASCAR Hall of Fame Gala Fan Billboard, sponsored by Freightliner
Thursday, September 20 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Ride and Drive at the zMax Dragstrip, sponsored by Duke Energy
Buses depart from the Charlotte Westin at 8:30 am and will rotate on a ½ hour cycle until 2 pm. 9:00 am Keynote – The Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Installations, Energy & Environment) Master of Ceremonies – Sammy Jo Francis, WBTV Charlotte 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm NACFE 6th Driving Innovation Meeting – Charlotte Convention Center, Room 217AB
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A123 Systems, Inc. – Booth 406
Evans Cooling – Booth 317
A123 Systems develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems that deliver high power and energy density, long life and excellent safety performance. The company’s game-changing technology enables customers to commercialize innovative products for the transportation, electric grid and commercial markets.
Evans Cooling offers waterless engine coolant, increasing fuel economy up to 10%, while extending engine life by reducing pressure and prohibiting corrosion. And, it will probably last longer than the engine it serves.
Allison Transmission – Silver Sponsor – Booth 209
FleetSeek offers on-line fleet databases of trucking fleet data. The database includes a myriad of information about each fleet, including complete contact data, fleet size and operating characteristics.
Allison Hybrids have proven to be the most dependable and efficient hybrid systems at work anywhere in the world. The Allison Hybrid EP system features a two-mode split parallel architecture with a pure mechanical path and a pure electrical path to achieve the highest energy efficiency, making it perfectly suited for in-city stop-and-go transit, as well as long distance highway applications. www.allisontransmission.com
Altec, Inc. – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 713 Altec is a leading manufacturer of aerial lifts, digger derricks and specialized truck-mounted equipment for the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care and construction markets. Altec has manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout North America and sells and services equipment in more than 100 countries around the world. www.altec.com
Arens Controls – Booth 205 Arens is a world leader in engineering and manufacturing precision operator interface control systems, as well as power management systems for commercial vehicles, manufacturing DC/DC and DC/AC converters, traction inverters, and other power management systems.
BAE Systems – Silver Sponsor – Booth 113
FleetSeek – Booth 319
Freightliner Trucks – Silver Sponsor – Booth 509 Freightliner Trucks, the largest division of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, manufactures Class 5-8 trucks that serve a wide range of commercial vehicle applications. Its commitment to innovation, technology and responsive customer relationships makes it easy to understand why Freightliner is a leading heavyduty truck manufacturer in North America. www.freightlinertrucks.com
Hino Trucks – Silver Sponsor – Booth 513 Hino represents the Toyota Group in the global market for medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and buses. Hino uses the Toyota Production System to achieve continuing gains in productivity and in quality throughout our operations. We have adapted that system to our model line to offer customers the best-possible products at competitive prices. www.hino.com
HTUF Media Pavilion – Booth 500 HTUF 2012 thanks our Media Partners – Fleet Owner, Fleet Maintenance, GreenBiz, NGT News, ShowTimes, Utility Fleet Professional, and Waste Advantage Magazine.
HUBER+SUHNER, Inc. – Booth 200
BAE Systems is a leading producer of efficient, low-emission hybrid electric propulsion systems for heavyduty vehicles. See our HybriDrive® propulsion technology for clean, reliable work truck applications at HTUF 2012. www.hybridrive.com
HUBER+SUHNER is a Swiss based organization with its North American headquarters in Vermont. H&S Manufactures various components, including: surge protectors, antennas and RF & fiber optic cable.
The Bergquist Company – Booth 307
Kenworth Truck Company, a PACCAR Company – Booth 119
The Bergquist Company is the world leader in thermal interface materials. Innovation, performance and customer satisfaction are Bergquist’s guiding principles in the development, design and advancement of thermal solutions for OEMs/ODMs.
Kenworth is a leading manufacturer of heavy- and medium-duty trucks. Kenworth is an industry leader in providing fuel-saving technology solutions that help increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company’s dedication to the green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, and medium-duty diesel-electric hybrids.
CALSTART – Event Host – Booth 213 CALSTART, North America’s leading clean transportation technologies and solutions consortium, works internationally with more than 130 member companies and clients. CALSTART serves as an industry catalyst for creating jobs, cleaning the air, reducing fuel and oil consumption and mitigating the threat of climate change. For more information on HTUF and other CALSTART programs, visit: www.calstart.org
Kinetic Drive Solutions Inc. – Booth 206
Coca-Cola – HTUF Sponsor
Mack Trucks Inc. – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 613
At Coca-Cola, we strive to refresh the world, inspire moments of optimism and happiness, create value and make a difference. Coca-Cola is proud to operate the world’s largest fleet of advanced fuel, hybrid and electric trucks. www.coca-cola.com
Founded in 1900, Mack Trucks, Inc. is one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks. MACK® trucks are sold and serviced in more than 45 countries through a worldwide network of sales, parts and service centers. Mack is a member of the Volvo Group, a publicly held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. As a Volvo Group company, Mack is committed to the core corporate values of quality, safety and care for the environment. www.macktrucks.com
Duke Energy – Silver Sponsor Duke Energy makes life better for millions of people every day by providing electric and gas services in a sustainable way – affordable, reliable and clean. We are the largest electric power holding company in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to approximately 7 million US customers, with natural gas distribution services in Ohio and Kentucky. Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. www.duke-energy.com
Eaton – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 101 Eaton is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of complete hybrid power systems for commercial vehicles. Eaton has commercialized two distinctly different parallel hybrid systems, available today through commercial truck and bus manufacturers worldwide. Both our electric hybrid and hydraulic hybrid systems significantly reduce vehicle fuel consumption and emissions output, reduce maintenance and brake replacements costs, and provide noise reduction at work sites. www.eaton.com
Emerald Automotive LLC – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 413 Emerald Automotive offers fleets their t-001 range-extended electric hybrid delivery van with zero compromise. The t-001 realizes 100+ mpg over the first 125 miles. www.emeraldautomotive.com
EV Challenge – Booth 520
Kinetics Drive Solutions Inc. (KDS) is an advanced transmission and vehicle drive systems company with unique technologies in Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT) systems, offering individual design and control applications.
Motiv Power Systems – Booth 516 The Motiv electric Powertrain Control System (ePCS) is a modular, electronic control system that fits on conventional truck chassis. The ePCS enables all-electric drive commercial vehicles to be built as easily as diesel vehicles, while providing clear benefits in operating costs, maintenance, configurability, and emissions reductions.
NRG Dynamix – Booth 218 As a full-series powertrain energy management system, NRG Drive eliminates the link between an engine and the drive wheels by replacing existing OEM transmissions, without any changes in packaging and driver operation and with minimal maintenance.
NAFA Fleet Management Association – Booth 303 NAFA is an association for the fleet management professional, providing networking, publications, regional chapter meetings, government representations, seminars and their annual institute and expo.
National Biodiesel Board – Booth 602 Non-profit trade association for the US biodiesel industry.
Established seventeen years ago, the Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge is an incredibly inspiring and high profile education program where high school students build real, full-size plug-in electric vehicles, participate in a yearlong educational program and competition, and learn numerous skills including: applied engineering and environmental science, electrical troubleshooting, public speaking, and community service. The West Wilkes EV Challenge team is proud to display their all-electric Chevy S-10 at HTUF 2012.
National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) – Booth 321 NTEA is the association for the Work Truck Industry/Green Truck Association.
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New Eagle – Booth 301
Sevcon – Booth 305
New Eagle is a Mechatronic Controls integrator and supplier working to help improve your speed and effectiveness to market. We employ model-based engineering processes and tools for efficient development.
Sevcon is a designer and manufacturer of electronic control systems for pure electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Our product line includes AC and DC drives, electronic power steering systems and power conversion devices such as DC/DC converters, chargers and boost inverters.
North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) – Booth 813 NACFE seeks to ensure the safe, efficient, and profitable future of the trucking industry by providing real, trustworthy solutions. The NACFE drives the development and adoption of efficiency enhancing, environmentally beneficial, and cost-effective technologies, services, and methodologies in the North American freight industry by establishing and communicating independent and performance-based benefits.
Odyne Systems/Johnson Controls – Bronze Sponsor – Booth 709 Odyne is a clean technology company focused on development and manufacture of plug-in hybrid propulsion systems for trucks over 14,000 lbs GVW. Since 2001, the company has maintained its lead by developing innovative solutions and applications of plug-in hybrid technology, building upon fieldproven technology and the largest fleet of plug-in hybrid medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the US. www. odyne.com. Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. Our 162,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles. www.johnsoncontrols.com
Parker Hannifin – Bronze Sponsor – Booth 107 Parker Hannifin offers hybrid electric and hydraulic hybrid products. Parker Hannifin manufactures a portfolio of building blocks for hybrid electric vehicles, including electric traction motors, electric accessory motors and mobile hardened inverter drives. The newly formed Hybrid Drive Systems Division has accelerated the growth of Parker’s hydraulic hybrid drive systems business in the medium and heavy truck markets. The RunWise® Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System has been developed for residential refuse and recycling collection. http://parkerhybrid.parker.com
ShowTimes is a news magazine covering clean transportation exhibitions, published onsite and distributed hand-to-hand to all attendees, and servies as the official printed Program for HTUF.
Siemens – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 109 Siemens is an innovative world leader providing single source drive technologies. We offer energy efficient, reliable drive systems, applications, and services for your entire drive chain. Our drive technology and solutions meet all mechanical and electrical drive requirements. www.usa.siemens.com/ELFA
Southern Company – Silver Sponsor With 4.4 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast. www.southerncompany.com
Terex Utilities – Booth 417 Terex is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of digger derricks, aerial devices, cable placers and custom line bodies. The Terex HyPower™ Hybrid System provides six benefits: fuel savings, reduced noise, decreased maintenance and increased work time with less time spent fueling. The system can be retrofitted, and there are no limitations to normal work practices.
Transportation Energy Partners (TEP) – Booth 503 TEP is a nationwide effort of Clean Cities coalitions and their partners to diversify away from petroleum in the transportation sector. TEP works to advance vehicle technologies for improving fuel economy, create green jobs, improve air quality, and curb global climate change.
P.C. McKenzie Company – Booth 607
Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) – Booth 519
P.C. McKenzie provides ideal solutions for fleets in need of NGV station designs. Since 1946, P.C. McKenzie has been actively involved in the NGV industry and is Ingersoll Rand’s Master Distributor of refueling packages with compressor systems from 28 to 116 scfm.
TRC Inc. is an independent automotive proving ground providing research and development, and compliance and certification testing for vehicles and components for crash testing, emissions testing, dynamic testing and durability testing.
Peterbilt Motors Company – Booth 416
UQM Technologies – Booth 401
Peterbilt combines a global reputation for industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel efficiency solutions, with superior quality to engineer a truck that stands as the “class” of the industry. Through its 250-plus North American dealer locations, Peterbilt also provides a comprehensive array of TruckCare® programs to support its full lineup of vehicles, including hybrids, with aftermarket support programs.
UQM designs, develops and manufactures high-performance electric motors, generators and controllers for hybrid and electric vehicles. Recently UQM was awarded a $40 Million ARRA grant to expand the production capability of its products, and now has the ability to produce in excess of 40,000 propulsion systems per year.
Phoenix International – HTUF Sponsor – Booth 409
US Department of Energy, Clean Cities – Booth 501
As market needs grow for vehicle electrification in the on-highway truck and mobile equipment application space, Phoenix International is leveraging our experience in delivering high quality, cost effective drive train controls with advanced processing platforms for OEMs. We have engineered the Phoenix Drives™ product line for applications where high power, efficiency and durability are required. www.phoeintl.com
Pi Innovo – Booth 706 Pi Innovo is an expert in the design and development of innovative electronics systems for the automotive, defense and allied industries. Our unique combination of Pi Team services and field-ready OpenECU products has a long history of successful application to hybrid powertrain components and exhaust emission reduction. The recently introduced OpenECU OBD Infrastructure software product is significantly reducing the time to implement on-board diagnostics in compliance with current emissions legislation and pending extensions for hybrid vehicles.
Quantum Technologies – Booth 403 Quantum conceptualizes, develops, designs, engineers and manufactures powertrain solutions in CNG, hydrogen, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all electrical drivetrains.
Remy International, Inc. – Mobile App Sponsor Remy provides efficient electrical rotating components, including alternators, starters and hybrid motors for the heavy-duty and light-duty original equipment markets, as well as remanufactured alternators and starters to the aftermarket. From lean manufacturing processes to better product designs, Remy provides the most up-to-date and fuel-efficient technologies for a smaller carbon footprint. www.remyinc.com
Ricardo/US Army TARDEC – Booth 721 Engineering firm Ricardo has teamed up with the United States military to create this FED ALPHA, a more fuel-efficient armored personnel carrier. The FED ALPHA is part of the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) program by the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). Ricardo is a global, world-class, multi-industry consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy, committed to providing outstanding value through quality engineering solutions focused on high efficiency, low emission, class-leading product innovation.
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Clean Cities is the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) flagship alternative-transportation deployment initiative, sponsored by the Vehicle Technologies Program. Clean Cities has saved more than 3 billion gallons of petroleum since its inception in 1993. More than 10,400 stakeholders contribute to Clean Cities’ goals and accomplishments through participation in nearly 100 Clean Cities coalitions across the country.
US Environmental Protection Agency – Booth 707 EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality spearheads a range of programs to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources, including the Clean Automotive Technology program at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory. EPA is on the cutting edge of research and development of hydraulic hybrid technology and has achieved major breakthroughs in the design and operation of pump/motors and accumulators by making them smaller, lighter, and more efficient.
US Hybrid – Booth 419 US Hybrid Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of power conversion systems for medium- and heavy-duty electric, hybrid, and fuel cell commercial buses and trucks, enabling them to become more reliable and fuel-efficient, with lower emissions and better responsiveness.
VIA Motors – Booth 219 VIA Motors is a new kind of car company, building electric versions of your favorite cars and trucks. The E-REV powertrain by VIA Motors enables larger 4WD vehicles, including SUVs and light trucks, to drive the first 40 miles in all-electric mode with near zero emissions, with a full range of 400 miles on a single fill-up.
Wrightspeed, Inc. – Bronze Sponsor – Booth 201 Wrightspeed provides range-extended, electric powertrains. The Route™ is a retrofit powertrain for medium-duty fleet trucks that maximizes efficiency without compromising performance. www.wrightspeed.com
XL Hybrids – Booth 603 XL Hybrids has developed a hybrid electric conversion technology for Class 1 through 3 commercial vans and trucks. The powertrain is engineered to increase vehicle efficiency, while generating a return on investment from the fuel savings.
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319 – FleetSeek
113 – BAE Systems
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406 – A123 Systems
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