The Place for Jersey City News
Log In / Register
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Jersey City Times
  • News
  • Food and Fun
    • Food And Drink
    • Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts
    • Other Fun Stuff
  • Education
  • Business
  • Neighborhoods
    • Downtown
      • News
      • Guide
    • Heights
      • News
      • Guide
    • Journal Square
      • News
      • Guide
    • Bergen Lafayette
      • News
      • Guide
    • Greenville
      • News
      • Guide
    • Westside
      • News
      • Guide
  • Opinion
  • Columns
    • Eye Level
    • Mamarama
  • Obituaries
  • Event Calendar
  • Support our Mission
  • Search
  • Menu Menu
Jersey City’s Garbage Trucks go Electric

Jersey City’s Garbage Trucks go Electric

Aaron Morrill
November 16, 2021/in header, Latest News, Narrate, News
by Aaron Morrill

Largest Municipal DPW Battery Electric Sanitation Truck Fleet Deployment in USA

 

The City of Jersey City has begun taking delivery of five fully electric garbage trucks. According to BYD, this is the first deployment of battery-electric refuse trucks in New Jersey and the largest deployment of battery-electric refuse trucks in the United States to date. The trucks have begun operation in normal duty service, delivery is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

In July of 2020, former Business Administrator Brian Platt told The Jersey City Times how the purchase of the trucks came about. “We won a grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection about a year-and-a-half ago for over $2 million to pay for… electric garbage trucks for the city…the reason why we are so focused on garbage trucks is… these are some of the oldest vehicles that we have, but also they’re the highest polluting vehicles that we have on the road.”

At the time of the purchase, Platt explained that BYD was the only vendor with a model ready for use in the United States.

In what may come as a disappointment to some, however, that the BYD trucks will not replace the noisy diesel truck currently used by Regional Industries, Jersey City’s vendor for regular residential trash and recycling pick-ups. Their use will be more limited. Platt explained, “We do a lot of daytime service to fill in the gaps. We’ll cover the parks. We’ll come back to small business districts and do another round of garbage collection from the garbage cans. So, there’s a lot of other waste removal that we do in addition to the regular residential pickups.”

The BYD refuse trucks are all third-generation equipment and use BYD’s state-of-the-art lithium iron phosphate batteries. The fleet consists two refuse trucks that have a 25-cubic-yard compactor body and three refuse trucks that come with a 10-cubic-yard compactor body. The former carry a 280+ kWh battery pack and have a range of 600 pick-ups plus 60 miles and can be recharged in a little as two and a half hours with DC fast charging. The latter model has a 211 kWh battery pack and a range of 80 miles and can be re-charged in as little as two hours using DC fast charging.

While BYD is headquartered in China, the trucks are being manufactured in their factory in Lancaster, California.

The Jersey City zero-emission battery-electric truck fleet project was developed by Climate Change Mitigation Technologies LLC, a New Jersey-based developer and manager of zero- emission public and private truck and bus fleet projects.

Tom Del Gaudio, Manager of New Truck Sales and Director of electric truck fleet solutions at BYD dealer Hudson County Motors described the experience of using such a truck. “I have driven many different diesel trucks, but battery-electric trucks have more torque and power as well as a smoother ride. These BYD refuse trucks will deliver quiet and pollution-free operations to cities and towns across New Jersey.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: Jersey City Government, Jersey City Sustainability
Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Share on Pinterest
  • Share on LinkedIn
You might also like
Fifteen Million Slated for Museum Raises Hackles at City Council Meeting
Proposed Pompidou Jersey City Editorial: The Immoral Price of Pompidou
Jersey City Municipal Concil City Council Narrowly Passes Exchange Place Budget with Controversial Plaza Redesign
Garbage bags on street Op Ed: Residents Should Speak Out Against Solid Waste Charges
Bonds, Cannabis, Islamophobia and Food Unfit for Stray Cats Dominate Council Meeting
The Mayor Blinks on Trash Fees
A New Study Revives the Debate Over Property Tax Abatements
New Library Director Appointed Following Sudden Departure of Predecessor
Jersey City, US
6:58 am, May 22, 2022
73°F
clear sky
Wind: 10 mph
Pressure: 1016 mb

Latest Articles

Jersey City City Hall
May 21, 2022 /

Eleven Women Named to Inaugural Women’s Advisory Board

"My Own Tempest" by Fabricio Suarez
May 21, 2022 /

This Weekend “Impact!” shakes up ART150 Downtown

Jersey City police car
May 20, 2022 /

Jersey City Police Officer Charged With Filing False Report

ear
May 20, 2022 /

Jersey City Airbnb Host Found Guilty of Biting Guest’s Ear

Carolyn Jao
May 20, 2022 /

“Fresh Air”: The Artists of Elevator Have a Coming-Out Party at Hamilton Square

UCOMING EVENTS

[tribe_events_list limit="5"]

CONTACT US

    ADS/INFO

    For information on advertising opportunities, please contact - ads@jcitytimes.com

    For information on writing opportunities, please contact - info@jcitytimes.com

    Download our media kit here

    ABOUT US

    About Jersey City Times

    Contact Jersey City Times

    Social

    Archives

    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    Copyright © 2020 JCityTimes.com. All Rights Reserved - powered by Enfold WordPress Theme
    PATH System to Install “Tap and Go” Fare Payment OMNY Turnstile Reader Richard Boggiano and Kevin Bing Goaded by Boggiano, Bing Throws Down The Gauntlet
    Scroll to top