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Freight Electrification-as-a-Service for Transformation (FEaST)

 

Freight Electrification-as-a-Service for Transformation (FEaST) Link opens in new window - close new window to return to this page. provides the building blocks of a self-sustaining movement toward heavy-duty electrification. Electric trucks decouple freight movement from diesel emissions but must overcome prohibitive upfront costs and an underprepared workforce. Electrification as-a-service transfers the capital costs of electrification to operating budgets, and FEaST leverages prize funding to simulate cost reductions anticipated in coming years to preview how third-party capital can unlock electrification at scale. FEaST also features a first-of-its-kind workforce partnership to provide paid training so the next generation of workers can support truck market transformation.

This project will undertake two electric truck deployments to pilot and validate separate variants of truck electrification-as-a-service models.

Daimler Trucks Financial Services will finance the trucks and associated chargers and will work with a partner for energy management. ChargerHelp will develop curricula for EVSE technicians, leveraging its own technical expertise, faculty from Bronx Community College, and NYC Department of Small Business Services (NYCSBS) will leverage its curricula investments for electric vehicle technicians, offering up to 200 paid training opportunities total. NYCSBS and Green City Force (GCF) will lead recruitment efforts to ensure disadvantaged communities have priority access to these offerings. Trucking Association of New York (TANY), Empire Clean Cities (ECC), and CALSTART will further engaged industry members across the supply chain to bridge workforce supply and demand.

Solution Locations: Bronx, Westchester, Brooklyn, Sullivan County

 

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