We are a local Trucking/warehousing company here in the Port
of LA/LB area that have serviced the ports for 75 years. We have
studied electrification totally for trucking & warehousing
operations “fully” have implemented solar panels on
three of our warehouses; purchased ZET yard tractors; forklifts;
are in the process of studying charging infrastructure for each of
our facilities.
The cost of ZET in drayage operations will be a total
failure due to EXTREME COSTS for tractors, infrastructure,
generational changes, inefficiencies requiring a minimum of twice
the trucks currently handling drayage operations throughout the
port communities. Initial costs per tractor will be over $1 million
“times two” for each current drayage haul today.
Currently California Energy Commission has no plans how to
provide a 24/7 uninterrupted source of energy for current
operations, let alone the future demand being proposed. The current demand being
studied are based on less than half of future demands.
CARB mandates to date have been a total failure, lack good
science rules for study and implementation. The cost to industry to
date have been Billions in clean units purchased, maintained and
destroyed by past, current and future draconian rules/mandates.
Future purchases will be multi-billions:
1.
Past clean truck implementation cost $1.5
billiion
2.
Future cost $15.4 Billion
3.
Infrastructure estimated $9 million per
facility
Nothing makes sense or is feasible without
“SUBSIDIES” a future without subsidies will be failure
upon failure.
The use of ZET and the infrastructure, without the energy
production infrastructure is not possible. We have done more than
most users with our past purchases and implementation; the future
additions lack financial feasibility or possibility.
CARB has the cart before the horse, first you should have
decided what you wanted to do; how you will provide the energy to
offset the demand; put the infrastructure in place; then, proceed
that ZET will reduce the cost of what its replacing.
Greg Owen, Head Coach
Ability-Trimodal
2011 East Carson Street
Carson, CA. 90810