Today’s Transit for Tomorrow’s World

Progressing the Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses

Lauren Skiver CEO/General Manager

SunLine Facts SunLine Operations

•  Fourteen (14) local SunBus fixed routes, (1) express line, (1) Riverside Commuter Link, ADA Paratransit

•  66 CNG buses •  5 Electric Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses •  3 All Electric Battery buses •  35 CNG Paratransit Vehicles •  220 Kg Hyradix Reformer •  Usage 100 Kg per day •  Operated 4.3 million revenue miles for

4.5 million passenger trips •  315 Employees

Leaders In Alternative Fuel Technology Early and Current Hydrogen Projects

Leaders in Hydrogen Electric Fuel Cell Bus Technology for over a decade

SunLine will have 19 Electric Fuel Cell Buses in 2-3 years

Leaders In Alternative Fuel Technology Current Battery Electric Buses

Three BYD 40’ Battery Electric Buses Leased and put in service January 2016

People Often Ask Us

•  What has contributed to SunLine’s success? •  Mission focus on alternative fuel use •  Commitment by SunLine staff •  Board Policy/support •  Internal expertise and continual reinvestment •  Solution based approaches with OEM’s •  Sustained efforts to pioneer the technologies that the

industry is using today •  Data collection and review of performance, costs and life

cycle reliability •  Strong communication to our internal team and external

stakeholders

SunLine Board Policy

•  Adopting a Policy of the Purchase of Alternatively Fueled Vehicles

•  Approved March 24, 1993

Actions to be Followed “The State of California has established four categories of alternate fuel vehicles: 1) Zero Emission Vehicles; 2) Ultra Low Emission Vehicles; 3) Low Emission Vehicles; 4) Transitional Low Emission Vehicles. SunLine will, whenever possible, purchase vehicles in the same order as listed above.

Definition of Opportunity

•  Commercialization of Zero Emission Technology must include the Transit Industry’s perspective in three key areas: – Risk associated with the investment in the technology

(purchase readily accepted vs. introductory technology) – Performance associated with the reliability of the

equipment •  Mission focus and organization communication focused

on Zero Emission Program that starts at the top but is routinely reinforced at all levels

– Affordability of initial investment and support costs

Moving Forward

•  What would it take to move to a 100% Hydrogen Fleet? •  Greater understanding of the reliability of Hydrogen

technology •  Greater maintainability of Hydrogen technology •  Commercialization of the Hydrogen technology

•  Competition •  Price Reduction •  Increased Fueling/Fueling Infrastructure Options

•  Trained mechanics/technicians •  Repeatable acquisitions strategy •  Repeatable In-Service Management strategy

SunLine’s Center of Excellence

•  Establish a Center of Excellence to house investments in learning •  For every investment in technology, there is investment in

training and learning •  Funding partners have already made substantial investments in the

technology •  Center of Excellence will be a site to preserve and enhance

those learning investments •  Acquisition and in-service management •  Leverages prior investments and prevents duplication in future

technology projects •  Is not limited to transit technology and can transcend other “spill over”

applications

Center of Excellence Update

•  Where we are in the project? •  $1,519,855 funding received from FTA (Maintenance and Training

Facility) •  $270,000 funding received from FTA (Center of Excellence Staffing) •  $8,000 funding received from California Fuel Cell Partnership (Outreach)

•  Milestones SunLine and its partners have achieved: •  Built Center Collaborations with:

•  Ballard •  BAE •  BYD •  California Fuel Cell Partnership •  College of the Desert •  CTE •  Rio Hondo College •  New Flyer of America •  Proterra

SunLine’s Capital Project List •  The following project awards are on schedule for the

next 36 months:

•  (5) Hydrogen Buses & Onsite Hydrogen Station •  New Operations Facility •  (5) Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses (LoNo) •  Transportation Demand Management (Vanpool) •  Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus •  (4) Zero Emission Buses – All Electric •  Center of Excellence Facility for Zero Emission Vehicle

Training

•  Total Project Awards: $43,314,422

Community Focus

Lskiver@sunline.org Thank You