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Summary
Over the past few years, Facilities Management at UNCC
has developed and implemented an ambitious strategy to have a cleaner
and greener fleet. The best example of this can be found in the 65 electric
vehicles (EVs) that are currently running on the campus. These electric
vehicles have replaced many gasoline cart and similar type vehicles all
over the campus. In addition, the University also uses E85 and E10 in
its fleet. For all its efforts to reduce its consumption of petroleum,
UNCC received the 2008 Clean Cities award from the Centralina Clean Fuels
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Project Details
Many of UNCC's electric vehicles are neighborhood electric
vehicles/low speed vehicles (NEV/LSVs) that perform a variety of functions on
campus, including: grounds keeping, maintenance, parking services ticketing
and parking lot management, student services, housekeeping and construction.
The campus fleet currently totals sixty five (65) electric vehicles. These vehicles
include Global Electric Motorcar (GEM), Club Car IQ electronics, Par Car, Cushman
and EZGO’s.
The vehicles are charged at plug in stations and a “park
it and plug it” policy helps to keep all the EVs at or near full service.
UNCC projects an annual savings of 6,800 gallons of gasoline per year from its
electric vehicle use. This is a sizable amount given an average purchase price
of $9,500. By incorporating NEVs and EVs into their fleet, UNCC has been able
to lower operating costs, but more importantly is the elimination of air and
noise pollution from these vehicles and UNCC’s willingness to set a leading
example to other fleets.
UNC Charlotte owns 19 flex fuel vehicles that fuel with E85
from a pump located on campus. The pump is also used by 10 motorfleet vehicles
for an estimated total of 6,600 gallons of E85 per year. The rest of the University's
gasoline fleet fuels with E10.
By the numbers:
| Vehicles: |
65 electric vehicles; 19 flex fuel vehicles |
| Fuel Type: |
Electricity and ethanol |
| Annual Petroleum Displacement: |
Over 12,000 gallons |
Contact Information:
Larry Lane
Facilities Management
LBLane@uncc.edu
If you have a success story you would like to submit please
contact Sarah
Niess at (sniess@centralina.org).
