manufactured by TransPower in Escondido, California, free of charge for one year. During this year, Devine and
Blue
Diamond
will be troubleshooting the technology and providing feedback to the manufacturer. After a successful
trial period, Devine plans to purchase the vehicle for permanent use.
Blue Diamond
is also using the trial period to
evaluate its vehicle needs in order to determine if this technology can be expanded within the
Blue Diamond
fleet.
The electric vehicle, or Yard
Goat, is fully electric and
uses rechargeable batteries
that fully charge in four hours
and consumes 1.42 kw/h of
energy. The Yard Goat also
utilizes regenerative braking,
which allows the battery to
recharge itself while braking
as part of normal operations
during its 10 to 14 hours of
operations per day. With
this technology, the current
battery has not dropped
below 50 percent charge
since it has been in use.
When compared to a
conventional diesel Yard
Goat, the electric Yard
Goat reduces Green House
Gases (GHG) for every 100
miles from 277 to 0 grams
GHG. “If you account for
the emissions of charging
the goat using electricity
originating off of the power
grid, the carbon footprint
is 168 grams GHG/100
miles,” said Josh Woods,
manager of transportation
and warehousing for
Blue
Diamond
. “This represents
a savings of 109 gram
GHG/100 miles.”
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