http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/autos/san-francisco-partnership-makes-big-electric-car-purchase/2187671
San Francisco partnership makes big electric car purchase
Associated Press  July 8, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO — A group of San Francisco bay area cities, counties and water
agencies has joined forces for what is being billed as one of the largest
single government purchases of all-electric vehicles in the country.

The six cities, two counties and two water agencies have gone in together to
buy 90 electric vehicles with the help of a $2.8 million grant from the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional transportation agency,
officials with the Bay Area Climate Collaborative said Tuesday.

The vehicles will save more than $500,000 in fuel costs and about 2 million
pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over five years, BACC director Rafael
Reyes said.

The public-private partnership was started by three San Francisco bay area
mayors and developed the proposal for funding that was submitted to the MTC.

"The bay area is clearly in a leadership role here," Reyes said.

The vehicles include the Ford Focus and the Nissan Leaf. The total cost was
$5 million.

The 10 governments and agencies are San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Santa
Rosa, Fremont, Concord, the Sonoma County Water Agency, Marin Municipal
Water District, and Alameda and Sonoma counties.

San Jose and three other cities bought 50 all-electric vehicles last year,
Reyes said.

The all-electric vehicles are a small part of the cities, counties and water
agencies' overall fleets. But Reyes said the purchases shows what can be
done.

"We're just scratching the surface," he said.
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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140708/articles/140709649
Sonoma County's electric-car infusion (w/video)
By KEVIN McCALLUM  July 8, 2014

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Dale Roberts, Sonoma County Water Agency principal engineer, with one of the
agency's five new electric vehicles, in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
(Christopher Chung / PD)


video  flash
]

Sonoma County is playing a major role in what is being billed as the single
largest government purchase of the electric vehicles in the nation.

More than a third of the 90 vehicles being purchased by a collective of 10
Bay Area government agencies are headed to Sonoma County in a bid to reduce
fuel costs and demonstrate environmental leadership.

A total of 31 new all-electric Ford Focus sedans will soon be humming down
Sonoma County roads and in some cases recharging their lithium-ion batteries
with solar panels, thanks in part to a federal grant.

“It looks pretty good to have all those Focuses lined up at our charging
stations,” said Cordell Stillman, deputy chief engineer at the Sonoma County
Water Agency.

The Water Agency took delivery of its five vehicles last week. Santa Rosa is
getting four and Sonoma County is set to receive 22. The purchases were made
possible by a $2.8 million grant from the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, a regional transportation agency.
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The vehicles will save more than $500,000 in fuel costs and about 2 million
pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over five years, Bay Area Climate
Collaborative Executive Director Rafael Reyes said Tuesday.

The collaborative — a public-private initiative of the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group that was started by three Bay Area mayors — developed the
proposal for funding that was submitted to the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.

“The Bay Area is clearly in a leadership role here,” Reyes said.

The agencies paid for the value of a standard Ford Focus, while the grant
funds paid the extra cost of the all-electric version of the 2014 sedan,
explained Jon Merian, the superintendent of Santa Rosa's fleet of vehicles.

For example, Santa Rosa is paying $23,740, which is the cost of a
gasoline-powered Focus, while a federal grant is kicking in an additional
$10,393 per vehicle to meet the total cost of $34,133 per all-electric
model, according to a city staff report.

All 31 Focuses were sold as part of a competitive bidding process by Hansel
Ford. They will replace gasoline-powered vehicles that were nearing the end
of their life cycles.

Santa Rosa has owned electric vehicles in the past, but previous models were
leased and turned back to the dealer at the end of those contracts, Merian
said.

The new Focuses will be the only road-worthy all-electric vehicles in the
city's fleet, aside from two non-functioning electric pickups and some
golf-cart like vehicles for transportation around specific facilities, he
said.

“This will help us with our climate protection goals,” Merian said.

The new Focuses make practical and financial sense because their range is a
significant improvement over previous all-electric models, Merian said.

According to Ford, the Focuses can travel an average of 76 miles on a single
charge. The company claims the cars get the equivalent of 110 mpg in city
driving conditions. They take four hours to recharge on a 220-volt plug,
according to Ford.

Because of the range limitation, the cars probably won't be used for longer
trips to cities like San Francisco or Sacramento, Stillman said. For those
drives, the water agency's fleet of gas-electric hybrids will be more
practical.

The Focuses will be perfect for trips around Sonoma County, such as between
the agency's Aviation Boulevard headquarters and Sonoma Valley treatment
plant or educational center on the Russian River in Forestville, Stillman
said.

The grant funds also include money for the installation of five new electric
charging stations. Presently the agency only has charging stations at its
administrative headquarters, where a large solar array allows the vehicles
to at times be powered solely by the sun, Stillman said.

The other seven entities participating in the grant are San Francisco, San
Jose, Oakland, Fremont, Concord, the Marin Municipal Water District and
Alameda County.
[© 2014 The Press Democrat]




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