Key companies included FIRST GREEN INDUSTRIES (Slovenia), Canadian remote-control electric sweepers, JCB (England), Bobcat (California, USA), ISUZU (Japan), among others.
All these machines operate at a quiet noise level of twelve decibels with no emissions and for nine hours of continuous operation. Maintenance on the skid loaders is done with portable charging in fifteen minutes to the class A trucks at one megawatt in thirty minutes with daily grease of joints. Which only requires a small trailer for the work site and no contaminants that might go into the soil.
There was a forum with the harbor master of the Port of San Diego, the electric truck and handling manager, and the project manager. Their goal is to operate the port fully electrically so that it is quieter and so that there is less pollution. They will be able to accomplish the same amount of work that is being done at eighty cents an hour per equipment. There are incentives from the California Air Resources Board for 10 percent grants, lower financing options, and a two-thousand-pound weight exemption for Class A electric trucks like the Telsa Semi-Truck. This also included a one-megawatt flash charger for the electric trucks to recharge in thirty minutes or less while waiting for a loaded trailer to take out. Nongaming tribes along Route 8 may receive state grants to build electric charging stations and rest areas from Arizona to San Diego, helping drivers comply with the four-hour Department of Transportation drive rule.
There are practical solutions for transportation and construction costs. This will help California businesses be far more competitive and lower the costs of doing business. There is also a move to have distribution centers have smaller vans deliver the final mile into the higher density areas of San Diego with innovative last mile delivery.
