This workshop focused on outreach by our STEPS Truck Choice project team to a group of OEMs and fleets, to better understand how fleets decide what types of trucks to purchase, in particular with respect to various propulsion technologies and fuels for given truck categories and purposes.
Agenda Packet – Truck Choice Workshop
Summary of Fleet Workshop (presented at the STEPS Symposium on May 23) – Marshall Miller
Presentations
Tony Brasil, ARB – California Low Emission Truck and Policies and Plans
Session 1: STEPS Team provides background, preliminary findings and workshop goals
STEPS Truck Choice Project – Marshall Miller, Lew Fulton, Joan Ogden, Qian Wang, Chris Yang
Session 2: Fleets Purchasing Decisions (Heavy-duty)
Scott Perry – Ryder System, Inc. Overview
Ken Gillies – Element Fleet Management
Session 3: Fleets Purchasing Decisions (Vocational/delivery/other)
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Session 4: OEM Perspective, Technology and Vehicle Development
AJ Naddell – BYD Electric Trucks
Session 5: Experts Discuss Policy
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Session 6: Feedback from Participants
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