Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Programs

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• On-Board Idle Reduction Options
• Available Now
• APUs, Gensets, Diesel-fired heaters, cooling
  devices
• Coming Soon
• More electric truck, Phase change cooling, fuel
  cell APUs

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• Barriers to Market Penetration
• Cost/payback period
• Driver education/training/receptiveness
• Reliability service intervals
• Weight and size

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• DOE Idle Reduction Implementation Plan
• Goal Maximize introduction use of idle
  reduction technologies in HD trucks
• Objectives
• Data collection/demonstration
• Cost reduction
• Education outreach

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• Data Collection/Demonstration
• Gather objective in-use information on
• Costs
• Payback
• Fuel consumption
• Reliability/durability
• User impressions
• Establish technology baseline for 21CTP

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• Cost Reduction
• Overcome critical cost barriers by identifying
  implementing strategies for
• Installation on-line _at_ truck OEMs
• Federal excise tax elimination
• Tax credit for installation use
• Production economies of scale

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Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies
Programs

• Education Outreach
• Conduct education outreach to increase
• Knowledge
• Awareness
• Acceptance
• within trucking industry public at large