Legislative
Great news!
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved the Terex® HyPower™ hybrid system for use in any Power Take-Off-equipped (PTO) heavy-duty, diesel powered truck application with a gross vehicle weight rating of over 10,000 lbs. as meeting the requirements set forth in title 13, California Code of Regulations section 2485.
What does this mean for you?
The HyPower™ hybrid system is an approved system that allows heavy-duty, diesel-powered trucks to meet the strict emissions requirement for anti-idling in the state of California – the most stringent emissions control state in the United States.
Many states have adopted the qualifier of being either CARB or EPA certified as a requirement for contractors and fleet managers to bid on projects or request projects funding. CARB’s approval of the Terex® HyPower™ hybrid system means that contractors and fleet managers can purchase new trucks with the hybrid system preinstalled or retrofit older trucks to be compliant so they can pursue CARB or EPA-certified projects and funding opportunities.
CARB was established in 1967 to attain and maintain healthy air quality, conduct research into the causes of and solutions to air pollution, and to implement rules and regulations to reduce the major causes of air pollution – motor vehicles being one of the main causes.
The CARB recognizes the Terex HyPower™ hybrid system for its many benefits. First, truck operators can perform their job without requiring the engine to be turned on when the HyPower™ system is operating – significantly reducing the amount of harmful exhaust emissions being produced. Also, by reducing the amount of time the engine is on, engine noise is reduced. The system also benefits truck owners and operators as it lowers the need for refueling and reduces the wear on engine components since the engine is not continually idling. The hybrid system can save up to 1,500 gallons of fuel per year based on 7,000 miles/year and 1,250 jobsite hours/year. Finally, the HyPower™ hybrid system can be retrofitted onto older truck chassis, resulting in a cost-effective solution to help truck owners and fleet managers extend the service life of their truck fleet while being CARB compliant.
For more information:
Email: utilities.info@terex.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/terex.hypower
The proud men of Longmont Power & Communications take a moment for a photo op in front of their newly purchased Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid Digger Derrick. Terex Utilities has sold four trucks equipped with its HyPower™ Hybrid System — a Terex Commander C4047 digger derrick, a Terex Hi-Ranger TCX55 bucket truck, and two competitive bucket trucks retrofitted with the HyPower™ system — to the City of Longmont, Colo. The Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid System is designed to allow city operators to save fuel, reduce noise, and increase efficiency, plus it has been optimized for the utility industry.
According to Deborah Cameron, customer services and marketing manager for Longmont Power & Communications (LPC), “We are constantly looking at the emerging technologies like the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid System to see what would be a good fit for Longmont. “LPC crews have really responded well to these new trucks.” Terex® HyPower™ trucks offer quiet, yet powerful operation. “Our crews like that they do not have to yell over engine noise for material or direction with the Terex trucks,” says Cameron. “They also appreciate that there is no reduction in the performance of the controls while the trucks are in hybrid mode.”
The service area that LPC covers is compact so city crews do not have long drives to worksites which, according to Cameron, made the Terex® HyPower™ system, with its separate batteries, a smart choice. One of the retrofitted bucket trucks serves as a service truck, taking care of outages and daily calls. The other is the city’s street light truck, repairing lights throughout the system. The TCX55 bucket truck is primarily used by the City’s maintenance crew. According to Cameron, the city has just received the C4047 digger derrick and is in the process of incorporating it into its fleet.
To purchase the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid trucks, the City of Longmont received $70,000 through the Regional Air Quality Council to offset the expense for these trucks. According to Cameron, the City will evaluate opportunities to add more Terex® HyPower™ trucks to its fleet in the future as other units come due for replacement.
For more information about Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid trucks, contact utilities.sales@terex.com.
About Terex
Terex Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer operating in four business segments: Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Terex Construction, Terex Cranes, and Terex Material Processing. Terex manufactures a broad range of equipment for use in various industries, including the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, mining, shipping, transportation, energy, refining, and utility industries. Terex offers financial products and services to assist in the acquisition of Terex equipment through Terex Financial Services. More information on Terex can be found at www.terex.com
Seven years!!! The culmination of a seven year odyssey has resulted in the award of a US Patent being awarded to Terex Utilities’ Jon Promersberger and John Pantzke for the Terex® HyPower™ hybrid system.
Jon Promersberger, third in from left, talks to customers about the HyPower™ system
Born as an idea during one of the first meetings of the Westart/CalStart”s Hybrid Truck Users Forum, Promersberger worked to bring it to life over the next several years. March 20, 2008 marked the start of the formal process as he filed the patent application for the “hybrid drive for hydraulic power”. This concept was designed to provide electrical power to drive a hydraulic pump which would allow for a “greener” way to run hydraulics…especially the way hydraulics are used in the field by electric utility companies.
After waiting three more years following the filing, Promersberger and Pantzke were finally issued their patent on March 8, 2011. This will pave the way for a greener future for our customers, our shareholders and our team members!
What is HTUF? HTUF is the Hybrid Truck Users Forum, a user-driven program operated by CALSTART.
Why should we care? The Forum exists to speed the commercialization of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid and high-efficiency technologies.
The Terex® HyPower™ team played a key part at the 10th annual HTUF National Conference held in Dearborn, MI this year. The event saw record attendance with hundreds of vendors, fleet professionals and technologists in attendance. We brought two of our crowd favorite Terex® HyPower™ Plug In Electric Hybrids for Electric Utilities.
Our Hypower Hybrids lifted more than 30 journalists, customers and spectators high into the Michigan sky without starting the engines of our trucks. The constant feedback we received from the crowd was that our system was Practical, Effective and most important Cost Effective.
The Terex Team was recognized as the thought leader for our work site based Hybrid. We had the opportunity to provide information on our system to all the attendees in two separate forums. Nick Camissa and Dan Brendan did a fantastic job in these presentations.
Thanks to CALSTART and the HTUF for hosting such a great event. http://bit.ly/c2YP5c
The California Employment Training Panel has approved Terex for a training contract worth$158,400 to reimburse us for the training of our California Team Members in Hybrid Technologies. We are excited to be a part of this program which is helping California create and retain Green Jobs. The funding for this program comes from Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program under AB 118.
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The Terex® HyPower™ Team would like to thank Rosa Hernandez and Myra Cordova of the ETP Sacramento Regional Office for all of their help. This takes us one step closer to making the Terex HyPower PHEV the standard Utilities Service Truck in the United States.
Terex receives a grant from the California Energy Commission for HyPower™
Written by david.hanks@terex.com under Customers, Environment, Legislative
Tags: Bucket Truck, California, Electronic Power Take Off, EPTO, Green Collar Jobs, Green Fleet, Hybrid, hybrid bucket truck, hybrid digger, Hybrid Utility Truck, PHEV, Retrofit, Terex HyPower
The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced this week that is has approved nearly $500,000 in funds for the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid Project. The project, scheduled to be completed in January 2012, will retrofit 12 medium- and heavy-duty utility service vehicles with the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid System. The HyPower™ zero-emissions technology can significantly reduce vehicle fuel consumption, lower carbon dioxide emissions and minimize noise pollution when installed on utility service vehicles.
This week South Dakota Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin stopped by to meet with the Terex® team in Watertown, South Dakota. She was eager to hear about a peice of South Dakota innovation – the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid system.
Stephenie toured the manufacturing facility talking to the hard working Dakotans who manufacture the HyPower™. She finished the visit by taking one of the hybrid aerial devices up for a birdseye view of Watertown and the eastern South Dakota prairie.
Joe Caywood,Marketing Manager for Terex Utilities, commented “We appreciate the support from Representative Herseth Sandlin taking time out of her busy schedule to meet with us and her specific interest in the benefits of the HyPower system making a significant impact with reduced fuel consumption and emissions as well as providing quiet boom operation for utility crews”.
South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard recently stopped by to meet with Terex in Watertown, South Dakota. The Lt Governor took time to check out the Terex® HyPower™ Hybrid Utilities Service truck.
During his walk around of the vehicle he slipped on a harness and took the aerial device for a birds-eye view of the Terex facility. The PTO hybrid system was installed on a new TL55 aerial device. Dennis commented that the Terex® HyPower™ system is an impressive innovation, and will change the worksite atmosphere for the better by reducing fuel consumption, worksite noise pollution and emissions.
You can follow Lt. Governer Daugaard on Facebook at http://facebook.com/dennisdaugaard
How can we improve the fuel efficiency of Medium and Heavy Utility Service Vehicles? Terex® HyPower™
Written by david.hanks@terex.com under Customers, Environment, Legislative
Tags: Bucket Truck, Fuel Efficiency, Green Fleet, Heavy Hybrid, Hybrid, hybrid bucket truck, hybrid digger, Hybrid Utility Truck, PHEV, Retrofit, Terex HyPower, Utility Truck
Terex® HyPower™ PHEV
Enhance our energy security-
.Each HyPower™ System can save up to 1,200 gallons of fuel per year. There are thousands of vehicles across the world that can be retrofitted with HyPower™systems.
Improve our environment-
By reducing diesel fuel use each HyPower™can prevent 10 Tons of Air Pollution yearly. Fleets can be quickly retrofitted to produce a real and lasting improvements.
Create high-quality jobs-
The HyPower™system is manufactured in South Dakota and can be retrofitted locally in more than 13 locations across the US.
Earth Day 2010
Written by david.hanks@terex.com under Environment, Legislative
Tags: Earth Day, Environment, Green Fleet, Hybrid, Hybrid Utility Truck, PHEV, Retrofit, Terex HyPower, Utility Truck
This is the 40th Earth Day and things have changed since 1970. The Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act literally altered the business landscape in the US. These two laws also dramatically improved our quality of life. Rivers no longer catch fire. It’s reasonable to eat fish caught in most of North America. You can sometimes see the mountains from downtown Los Angeles.
I am old enough to remember the arguments against the Laws that brought these changes. The economy was bad. People feared that businesses would be made uncompetitive. This was in 1972. These were real concerns.
Maybe we should look at reduced pollution as an investment. Think about the improvements in air and water quality over the past 40 years . Have we received a good return on our investment?
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