3 trends forecasting fleet electrification from VERGE 18

在2013年的第一次审核会议期间，我参加了一个名为“电信舰队”的会议，其中讨论集中在舰队经理可以预测电力选择的“令人信服的节省成本节省机会”。从那时起，舰队电气化取得了重大进展，并且在上个月在奥克兰，加利福尼亚州的最新边缘活动期间，进化在奥克兰和A的最新期间最近的Greenbiz研究项目与UPS合作进行。

这是我的前三名关于来自边缘18的舰队的外卖：

舰队将遵循可再生能源的路径

我对UPS欧洲可持续发展总监Peter Harris发表谈话，关于物流和交必威体育2018付公司在伦敦市中心从52到170电动汽车扩展其电气车队。他描述了对当地公用事业分配网络的基础设施升级，特别是对舰队电气化市场的状态敏锐观察。

When asked if there was a turning point in the market for widespread fleet electrification, Harris said, "It’s definitely coming — there’s no question about the direction of travel. It’s a similar trajectory to what we’ve seen over the past decade with renewable energy technologies like wind and solar."

It’s definitely coming — there’s no question about the direction of travel. It’s a similar trajectory to what we’ve seen over the past decade with renewable energy technologies like wind and solar.

除了技术改进方面，超出了舰队电气化可能会根据市场条件的有利性发生在波浪中。具有更具侵略性的政策制作，激励和公用事业产品的州和地区将改变舰队电气化的经济性，以改善一系列用例的商业案例。

In the renewables industry, the battles initiated over federal tax credits and in a handful of state public utility commission proceedings. But now, the economics of renewables have won, and thefloodgates are open。我采访的大多数专家期待类似 - 如果在商业舰队上没有更具权宜之计，主要基于电池技术改进，后续车辆成本下降和全球国家政策和国家政策。

2.电动卡车的需求正在上升

The market for electric fleets is still nascent, as it was with renewables a decade ago. However, a number of major OEMs, large buyers and some state policymakers have signaled a strong demand for electric vehicles and trucks. Call it the Elon Musk bump: A year ago, Tesla announced its all-electric semi-trailer, and dozens of companies immediately lined up to pre-purchase a truck that doesn’t exist yet.

在边缘18，领导者从UPS，Walmart和Sysco等公司共享舰队电气化经验的课程。在活动期间，邀请的舰队电气化峰会组装了100个来自多种利益相关者的代表，包括舰队管理人员，城市，公用事业，OEM，政策制定者，服务提供商和非政府组织。

采用至关重要的两个因素：长期宣传努力和创新融资，以支持过渡所需的基础设施投资。

Two factors that this group believe will be crucial for adoption: longer-term advocacy efforts and innovative financing to support the infrastructure investments required for the transition.

随着电动卡车市场的成熟,我们可以expect similar industry groups to mature while helping to advocate and provide valuable resources. At VERGE, we heard from leaders of organizations such as the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE), BSR, CALSTART and others at the forefront of electric vehicle advocacy and policy. I also interviewed leaders from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, a United Kingdom-based public/private partnership that convenes 200 leading businesses focused on clean vehicle deployment.

3.公用事业应该是愿意的合作伙伴

可再生能源和舰队电气化之间的一个主要区别将是该实用程序的作用 - 许多人已经将自己定位为达到电动汽车规模的主要利益相关者。相比之下，大多数公用事业最初将可再生能源视为对其商业模式的威胁。

从大多数电力公用事业的角度来看，有形益处与促进电气化有关。通过适当的监管结构，公用事业公司可以资助和潜在地利用升级电荷基础设施进行的投资。此外，一些实用程序正在倡导“准备好”的设备安装，支持即插即用的模型，其中客户更容易且价格合理地连接到电网。

Effectively, utilities see fleet electrification in their best interest and even more so when they are able to make a solid rate of return on their investments. At VERGE 18, utilities including PG&E, ConEd and several smaller players said they’re hopeful that electric vehicles will help them increase grid reliability while offering valuable services to their customers.

在舰队电气化的倾斜点达到尖端之前需要多长时间？有意义的当前用例是什么？加速舰队电气化有必要的步骤？

有关这些问题的答案等等，下载GreenBiz和UPS“前方曲线：商业舰队电气化的未来”报告。