1. 100% Electric Bus Goal for MTD

2. In a little more than a decade, one part of the bus will be obsolete.
The conversion to Zero Emission Buses has arrived.

3. The conversion to Zero Emission Buses has arrived.
The tailpipe.

4. CA Transit Agencies with Zero Emission Buses or ZEBs on order
County Connection
San Joaquin RTD
Porterville Transit
Antelope Valley Transit
Foothill Transit
SunLine Transit
Anaheim Resort Transportation
Orange County Transportation Authority
Anteater Express (UC Irvine)
Long Beach Transit
Gtrans (City of Gardena)
Los Angeles County MTA
Santa Barbara MTD
Monterey-Salinas Transit
Stanford University
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
SolTrans
Jimmy O’Dea, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Sara Chandler and Joel Espino, The Greenlining Institute, Delivering Opportunity: How Electric Buses and Trucks Can Create Jobs and Improve Public Health in California, October 2016, available at les/attach/2016/10/UCS-Electric-Buses-Report.pdf

6. China Leading the Way
99% of 385,000 Ebuses deployed – Shenzhen 100% electric fleet - 16,359 buses

7. Electric bus + zero emission fuel
With the Innovative Clean Transit rule at CARB and Governor Brown’s Executive Order that now sets a goal for complete carbon neutrality in all sectors by 2045, it is no longer a question of if/can transit agencies switch to zero-emissions, but when they will transition. 
Electric bus + zero emission fuel
= Zero tailpipe pollutants and zero carbon emissions

8. 5 Reasons for setting ZEB goals now
Maintains SBMTD’s EV leadership.
Take advantage of early incentives and grants.
Assists SB County and its cities reach their GHG goals.
Reduces your Total Cost of Ownership.
Creates a robust market for ZEBs that drives down prices.

9. Significant Funding Opportunities for Vehicles
Name
Sponsor
Details
Link
Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP)
California Air Resources Board
$175,000 available per bus
VW Settlement
Volkswagen
$180,000 available per bus
NoLo and 5310 grants
US Department of Transportation
Can fund 80-90% costs, only for qualified vehicles
BUILD Grants (replacing TiGer
Clean Fuels Grant Program
LCFS

10. Significant Funding Opportunities for Charging
Name
Sponsor
Details
Link
HVIP funds
for chargers
California Energy Commission
Up to $30k with HVIP voucher redemption for charging
Not currently online yet
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Infrastructure Program
SCE
Make-ready infrastructure at 870+ sites
On.sce.com/
ChargeReady
New Commercial EV Rates
New EV rates – No Demand Charges

11. The public supports ZEBs
Quieter inside and out.
Better handling, ride.
Eliminates unhealthy tailpipe emissions for passengers & drivers including the elderly, children, those around schools, hospitals, the bus depot and transit center,
CREATES JOBS: California is the electric bus manufacturing capital of the nation, with 3 out of the 4 leading electric bus makers. Proximity = Improved logistics.

12. ZEBs are like the iPhone
ZEBs are like the iPhone. The flip phone couldn’t compete & smart phones just got better and better.
2006
2007
2018

13. California wants a better bus
Los Angeles Metro Transit – 100% electric bus fleet by 2030
Foothill Transit – 100% electric by 2030
Antelope Valley Transit Agency – 100% electric by 2018
Agencies representing more than 1/3 of California’s 10,000 buses have now committed to 100% electric buses by 2030.
Jimmy O’Dea, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Sara Chandler and Joel Espino, The Greenlining Institute, Delivering Opportunity: How Electric Buses and Trucks Can Create
Jobs and Improve Public Health in California, October 2016, available at les/attach/2016/10/UCS-Electric-Buses-Report.pdf

14. because electric is BETTER.
should join them and set a goal of 100% zero emission buses by 2030
because electric is BETTER.