Diesel powered work trucks consume substantial amounts of fuel and emit excess emissions of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHGs) in California fleets. Fleets have been hesitant to retrofit existing trucks to plug-in hybrids because of the high incremental cost and lack of familiarity with a relatively new technology. The principal goal of the "Gen 2 Advanced Technology Plug-In Hybrid Electric" project was to retrofit and demonstrate five Odyne pre-commercial work trucks in California in a variety of applications in the South Coast Air Basin and the Sacramento Valley Air Basin. A database was established of real-world operating experience, fuel savings and emission reductions to serve as a basis for fine-tuning and launching wide-scale commercialization. Following completion of the project, Odyne planned to establish a California retrofit facility.
The project objectives were to: (1) manufacture five retrofit plug-in hybrid electric kits and ship to California; (2) retrofit and install plug-in hybrid electric systems on five existing customer work trucks at the California assembly site; (3) demonstrate advanced diesel plug-in hybrid electric work trucks in several applications, in the South Coast Air Basin and Sacramento Valley Air Basin, evaluating truck performance and collecting data on fuel consumption, mileage, operations / duty cycle, repair, maintenance and other parameters; (4) quantify emissions and fuel benefits; and (5) assess customer feedback.
This program has accomplished the following:
Produced and deployed five retrofitted Class 7 and 8 Plug-in Hybrid Electric trucks fromOdyne Systems, Inc. in the Sacramento and South Coast air basins.
Demonstrated the operating performance, fuel savings, and emissions reductions ofPlug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle work trucks in different applications.
Established a database of real-world operating experience which will serve as basis forfine-tuning, launching, and wide-scale commercialization.
Demonstrated the technical and market feasibility of the prototype technology inpreparation for a full-scale commercial rollout of Odyne’s retrofit Plug-in Hybrid Electricservices.
