DATE: April 12, 2022
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PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PRELIMINARY HEAVY-DUTY ZERO EMISSION TRUCK TRANSITION PLAN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Maritime Clean Air Strategy includes a vision of "Health Equity for All" and approximately thirty-four near-term objectives, several of which aim to reduce emissions from maritime-related activities and industries. Importantly, the MCAS aspires to achieve 40 percent zero emission heavy-duty truck trips to/from the District's marine cargo terminals by June 30, 2026, and 100 percent zero emission heavy-duty truck trips by December 31, 2030. At the November 9, 2021 Board of Port Commissioner's meeting, the Board directed staff to hire a consultant to help prepare a Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Truck Transition Plan that identifies a pathway(s) to meet the MCAS zero emission truck goals for 2026 and 2030. A final Truck Transition Plan is to be presented to the Board during the June 2022 Board meeting. An update on the Truck Transition Plan was scheduled to be presented to the Board on March 8, 2022; however, the item was postponed to the April 12, 2022 Board meeting.
This agenda item will include a presentation on a preliminary heavy-duty zero emission truck pathway and the work conducted to date. The preliminary zero emission pathway recommended by staff to achieve the near-term 2026 goal focuses primarily on deployment of battery electric trucks with the addition of opportunity charging. Opportunity charging refers to recharging the battery of a vehicle during the course of daily operations to extend it mileage. According to the technical analysis, this would possibly achieve 37 percent of truck trips. To close the remaining 3 percent, strategies to advance fuel cell electric trucks with associated infrastructure and/or promote early retirement of diesel trucks to battery electric trucks should be considered.
To achieve the 2030 goal, a combination of battery electric trucks with opportunity...
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