“And hopefully the results of this test will validate technology that has benefits across the state and Circumpolar North." Anchorage gets to demonstrate innovation and prove sustainability," Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said. SWS currently operates a fleet of 70 vehicles, including 22 garbage trucks. Department of Energy awarded the municipal government’s Department of Solid Waste Services (SWS) a $689,659 grant to help fund the city’s first EV trucks and battery charging infrastructure. It used federal grant money to purchase a Peterbilt 520EV refuse truck and a medium-duty Peterbilt 220EV box truck that will be delivered next year. The city of Anchorage, Alaska, is one of those customers. Paccar expects to start delivering battery-electric trucks to more customers in 2021, the company announced this summer. “Medium-term demand for zero-emissions vehicles will be primarily in refuse, port and local delivery applications which do not require long-distance travel or a network of refueling infrastructure, as well as in locations with government-mandated zero emissions.” “Industry zero-emissions powertrain deliveries are expected to be modest over the next several years due to the high cost of the technology,” according to Kyle Quinn, Paccar chief technology officer. Paccar - which along with U.S.-based brands Kenworth and Peterbilt, includes the Netherlands-based DAF - now has more than 60 battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell and hybrid trucks being tested in real-world applications in North America and Europe.
Paccar technical centers are providing extensive performance testing. Shell provided hydrogen fuel and infrastructure for the project. The trucks, produced at the Kenworth factory in Renton, Wash., integrate Toyota fuel cell technology into the T680. The biggest delivery from the company came from its Kenworth brand, which recently provided more zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell Kenworth T680 trucks for customers at the Port of Los Angeles for field testing, Paccar announced. Paccar is ramping up the real-world testing of its zero-emission trucks as it prepares to produce more alternative fuel vehicles for customers in 2021.
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