The situation:
- Old charger technology burning energy and money
- Two batteries per truck, requiring change outs and excessive capital and labor costs
- A 12 truck fleet and a low energy cost at 3 cents per kilowatt hour
Customer goals:
- Reduce energy costs for economics and a go-green mandate
- Eliminate time-consuming and labor intensive battery change-outs
- Reduce capital costs
After implementing PowerDesigners’ fast/opportunity charging:
- $56,000 per year in labor productivity savings
- $2,600 per year in energy savings
- $66,000 in capital cost savings