Greening Your Fleet
How does a green fleet benefit your company?
Using alternative fuels and advanced vehicles instead of conventional fuels not only helps the United States conserve fuel and lower emissions but also generates goodwill for your company and boosts employee health and morale.
New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition has gathered together a collection of some of the best resources and reports for fleets and individuals interested in alternative fuels. Calculators, interactive maps, and data searches can assist fleets, fuel providers, and other transportation decision-makers in their efforts to reduce petroleum use.
Explore Clean Fuels Resources:
Alt Fuel Vehicle Guide
Fuel Price Tracker
Vehicle Cost Calculator
Contact NJCCC if you would like support in greening your fleet!
Greenable Woodbridge
In March 2021, our NJCCC Coordinator and Chairman Chuck Feinberg was interviewed by Caroline Ehrlich, Chief of Staff of Woodbridge Township, about the state of clean transportation in New Jersey.
Feinberg explained that a large catalyst behind transitioning the state into clean fuels and vehicles was funding from the “Volkswagen Settlement,” a court case where the Environmental Protection Agency alleged that Volkswagen had cheated on emissions testing by placing “defeat devices” in their vehicles. In order to offset the damage done by the emissions cheating, an Environmental Mitigation Trust was established, through which all fifty states received funding to implement clean transportation initiatives. According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey received $72.2 million in funding from the settlement.
“This (settlement) has really been a kickstart to vehicle electrification in New Jersey so it has helped with electric vehicle charging stations, it has helped with deploying electric vehicles of light duty, medium duty, and even (heavy duty).” - Chuck Feinberg
Feinberg said that, in addition to the settlement, other state agencies such as the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities have created programs that promote medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructures, respectively. Along with these government programs, the market for clean fuels and vehicles has also become more competitive as costs of owning and operating an electric vehicle have decreased.
“When I first started doing this, maybe 10 years ago, battery technology for an electric vehicle was something like $1,200 per kilowatt hour and now the average is just over $100 per kilowatt hour.” - Chuck Feinberg.
