Wilber Gets Firsthand Look at Anchorage’s Electric Garbage Truck
The Municipality of Anchorage owns Peterbilt's first electric medium-duty truck, and the city’s Solid Waste Services is leading the way as in outing through its paces.
Last month, ACEP research engineer Michelle Wilber and Launch ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ’s transportation lead Tim Leach met with the municipality’s equipment tech foreman John McNulty and energy and sustainability manager Shaina Kilcoyne to get a look at the Peterbilt 220EV.
The electric truck was purchased with the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and in partnership with eCamion, the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Energy Authority and the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Center for Energy and Power to demonstrate advanced technologies for fleet vehicles.
ACEP will collect vehicle performance and charging data to help determine the real-world performance of the Peterbilt 220EV.
For more information on this research, please contact Michelle Wilber at mmwilber@alaska.edu.
ACEP's Michelle Wilber sits in the Municipality of Anchorage’s Peterbilt electric garbage truck as foreman John McNulty explains the features of the vehicle. Photo by Tim Leach.