The Electric Depot Bootcamp is a 10-part educational series on factors needed to successfully scale electric trucks in fleet operations — hosted by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and RMI — for fleet managers, utility planners, policymakers, and more. Run on Less – Electric DEPOT (RoL-E DEPOT) this September is focused on fleet depots with 15 or more electric trucks. The Electric Depot Bootcamp is designed to help the entire electric truck ecosystem understand what it takes to move to wider deployment of EVs and is designed to:
- Increase industry awareness of the various entities that need to work together to overcome the challenges of widespread EV deployment
- Provide professional development opportunities to decision-makers at all stages of their electrification journey
- Synthesize quick takeaways and recommendations from NACFE and RMI’s electric truck work to date
- Convene fleets, truck makers, utilities, regulators, NGOs, charging manufacturers, to discuss best practices for scaling EVs at fleet depots
The Electric Depot Bootcamp will be conducted via virtual trainings held biweekly from April through September 2023 leading up to RoL-E DEPOT. The Bootcamp is free to attendees thanks to the generous support of RoL-E DEPOT sponsors. Each training will be recorded and available for viewing via the links below after each session is completed.
Attendees can demonstrate comprehension of the material — via optional online quizzes following each training — and have the opportunity to earn digital badges that recognize their expertise and which can be shared via attendees’ social networks. Badges are available for those who complete one, five, or 10 trainings via runonless.com. Participation in the quizzes and badging system is not required for participation in the Bootcamp trainings. For questions related to the Electric Depot Bootcamp, see our FAQs. For any additional Bootcamp questions, please contact Rachel Ellenberger.
- Electric DEPOT #1: Best Practices for Utility-Fleet Relationships – April 25, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #2: Grants and Incentives for the Trucks and Infrastructure – May 16, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #3: Electric Truck Developments – May 30, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #4: Faster Charging — Opportunities and Challenges at 350KW and Higher – June 13, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #5: Opportunities to Extend BEV Range – June 27, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #6: Electricity Resiliency and Availability – July 11, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #7: Current and Future Regulations for Zero Emission Trucks – July 25, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #8: Managed Charging to Improve Availability, Cost and Range – August 8, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #9: Scaling Charging Infrastructure Equipment – August 22, 2023
- Electric DEPOT #10: Electric Depot Site Planning and Construction – September 5, 2023