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NGV U.P.-T.I.M.E. Background

Improving the natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry through

real-world data analysis of maintenance & operational costs for fleets in the freight and goods movement sector

The natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry lacks comprehensive analysis and metrics on maintenance costs because users are siloed by various use cases or competing in similar verticals.In addition, vehicle and engine manufacturers have been reticent to make this data widely available. Together this has led to a paucity of available information for current and prospective NGV users.

 

There is little publicly available data that clearly compares the relative maintenance costs of NGVs and current diesel trucks with modern exhaust after-treatment systems to capture recent NGV technology advancements, validate claims of NGVs' lower total cost of ownership, and NGVs' potential to lower operating costs, improve energy security, and cost-effectiveness nationwide.

 

NGV U.P.-T.I.M.E. plans to bridge this information gap and facilitate an unbiased analysis project drawing on a diverse data set of national fleets to provide robust results to the broadest stakeholder group.

Project Prime Lead

Clean Fuels Ohio is a U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities affiliated non-profit organization founded in 2002 dedicated to promoting the use of cleaner, domestic fuels and efficient vehicles to improve the transportation’s sector economic and environmental performance. Headquartered in Columbus, CFO's experienced staff have been the “go to” resource for assistance with implementing alternative transportation and efficiency solutions for the past 19 years. Since 2008, CFO has worked with numerous public and private fleets on a variety of projects to achieve economic and environmental results, including securing $56.4 million for Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Infrastructure deployment projects and implementing $4.45 million in fleet educational activities and planning projects.

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Project Data Analysis Lead

Energetics, a division of Akimeka, LLC, is a full-service technology and management consulting firm with nearly 40 years of experience in energy–related fuels, assisting government and industry clients in developing new solutions to energy problems. The Energetics Sustainable Transportation Solutions division includes over 20 engineers and scientists with extensive experience in energy efficiency, alternative fuels, vehicle electrification, smart mobility, and other advanced powertrain technologies.

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Project Technical Support Partner

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and is transforming energy through research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. NREL advances the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems

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Project Implementation Partners

The U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office Technology Integration program support the 100+ regional Clean Cities coalitions. Clean Cities coalitions foster the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by working locally to advance affordable, domestic transportation fuels, energy efficient mobility systems, and other fuel-saving technologies and practices. Clean Cities coalitions are comprised of businesses, fuel providers, vehicle fleets, state and local government agencies, and community organizations. 

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the

Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Award Number DE-EE0008798.

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