Summary Over the past few years, Facilities Management at UNCC has developed and implemented an ambitious strategy to have a cleaner and greener fleet. The best example of this can be found in the 56 electric vehicles (EVs) that are currently running on the campus. These electric vehicles have replaced many gasoline cart and similar type vehicles all over the campus. For all its efforts to reduce its consumption of petroleum, UNCC received the 2008 Clean Cities award from the Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition.

Project Details

Many of UNCC's electric vehicles are neighborhood electric vehicles/low speed vehicles (NEV/LSVs) that perform a variety of functions on campus, including: grounds keeping, maintenance, parking services ticketing and parking lot management, student services, housekeeping and construction. Twenty-six (26) of these vehicles are made by Global Electric Motorcar (GEM) and twenty-four (24) are Club Car IQ electronics. The balance is an assortment of Par Car, Cushman and EZGO’s.

The vehicles are charged at plug in stations and a “park it and plug it” policy helps to keep all the EVs at or near full service. UNCC projects an annual savings of $6,400 in fuel costs. This is a sizable amount given an average purchase price of $9,500. By incorporating NEVs and EVs into their fleet, UNCC has been able to lower operating costs, but more importantly is the elimination of air and noise pollution from these vehicles and UNCC’s willingness to set a leading example to other fleets. Next up … a biofuels fueling station on campus. There is no doubt it will be a success.

By the numbers:

Vehicles:	56 (including 26 GEMs)
Fuel Type:	Electricity
Annual Fuel Savings:	$6,400
Average Purchase Price:	$9,500

Contact Information:

Stephen Terry
Construction Process Coordinator
SLTerry@email.uncc.edu

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