Skye 2025 VA CES Slides.pptx

1、The Future of Transportation:,Electrifying Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles,September 30,2025,Photo Source:Volvo,The Electrification Coalition is a nonpartisan,nonprofit organization that drives electrification of the U.S.transportation sector to protect economic and national security and American job

2、s.,Electrifying transportation for our economic and national security,About the Electrification Coalition,1,Lower fuel and maintenance costsCreating jobs:Southeast:More than$80 billion in investmentscreating more than 90,000 jobs.Energy resilienceReducing our reliance on oil Strengthening the Americ

3、an supply chain for critical minerals,Electrification,Benefits Of,2,Battery prices have fallen bymore than 80%since 2013 andare projected to fall further,Electric Vehicle Battery Costs are Falling,3,4,Diesel buses are linked with childhood asthma and other health problemsAdoption of electric school

4、buses(ESBs)is growing:Over 5,000 ESBs have been delivered to districts across the US,per data from the World Resources Institutes ESB InitiativeDistricts have already ordered or have been awarded funding for more than 9,000 additional ESBsThis represents nearly 3%of US buses283 ESBs have been delive

5、red to Virginia districts,Electric School Buses,Photo Source:Highland,5,Ann Arbor,Michigan6%of the MHD fleet is already electric:four refuse haulers,forklifts,street sweepers,and moreSeattle,Washington(King County Metro)40 electric transit busesCharlotte,North Carolina206 EVs,including an electric f

6、ire truck and an electric semi-truck,Cities are Deploying MHD EVs,Photo Source:ABB Spokane Transit,6,Tens of thousands of medium-duty vehicles areon the road,and more are coming:Amazon has already deployed 20,000 EV vans from Rivian and set a goal of 100,000Use cases like home delivery are ripe for