FRIDAY, MAY 6. The South Coast AQMD’s Science and Technology Advancement (STA) is entering its 34th year and serves a unique function within the agency by working with technology providers and original equipment manufacturers to develop, demonstrate and deploy pre-commercial zero emission and near-zero emission technologies needed to reduce NOx emissions for implementation of the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP). STA includes two groups--Technology Advance Office (TAO) and Monitoring and Analysis Division (MAD).
Before and following the Board meeting (starts at 9am), Board members, SCAQMD staff and members of the public are invited to see and “kick the tires” on the prototype/commercial trucks as well as other ongoing STA activities located in the parking lot adjacent to the auditorium. The vehicles/booths in our showcase have been funded, developed and demonstrated through a variety of STA projects.
Technology demonstration vehicles/equipment featured in today’s forum are from the following South Coast AQMD Clean Fuels co-funded and grant funded projects:
• On-Road
• Volvo battery electric Class 8 box truck (Volvo LIGHTS project CARB ZANZEFF)
• Daimler battery electric Class 6 eM2 and Class 8 eCascadia and DCFC stations (EPA TAG and Ports)
• Phoenix Motorcars medium duty battery electric airport shuttle (EPA TAG)
• Hyundai XCIENT Class 8 fuel cell truck (EPA CATI)
• Toyota/Kenworth Project Ocean Class 8 fuel cell truck (CARB ZANZEFF)
• New Flyer fuel cell electric transit buses and liquid hydrogen station at OCTA (CARB GGRF)
• Achates Power Opposed-Piston near-zero Class 8 tractor (CARB GGRF)
• Off-Road
• Orange EV Battery Electric Terminal Tractor
• Volvo Construction Equipment battery electric excavator and wheel loader (EPA TAG)
• Progress Rail battery electric locomotive display booth
▪ AQMD: provide 10x15 table and power
• STAX captures and control system (C&C) for oil tankers at berth display booth
• Other showcase
• SCAQMD mobile monitoring vehicles
Serval commercially available products will also be on display that are eligible for incentive funds including near-zero and zero emission trucks and buses as well as equipment
• Near-zero and battery electric school buses
• TTSI’s near-zero Class 8 drayage truck
• CR&R’s near-zero Class 8 refuse truck
• National Readymix’s near-zero class 8 cement mixer
• Near-zero utility/municipal truck (TBD)
• Commercial Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment (EPA TAG)
• Replace Your Ride, Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Goods Movement Equipment Flyers