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Wayne County, NY, municipal vehicle retrofit project - final report.
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2015-07-01
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Abstract:Police Departments struggle with both increasing fuel prices and increasing demands for
greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions. According to vehicle manufacturers, an
average of one gallon of gasoline is burned every hour that a vehicle’s engine idles.
Excessive idling creates increased wear and tear on a vehicle’s engine (between 29 and
33 ghost miles per idle hour), which makes for hidden maintenance costs. Constant dead
batteries result from auxiliary equipment power draw and causes many police cruisers to
end up in the maintenance shop instead of out on patrol. Running these systems (lights,
radios, etc.) requires officers to keep the police cruiser’s gasoline engine turned on when
stationery. Municipal truck engines are left idling for hours in order to supply electricity for
power tools and construction lights.
The goal of this project was to demonstrate that vehicle retrofits with anti-idling power cell
battery units can serve as an example of fuel savings technology and reduced vehicle
emissions. Data results, which included before and after fuel costs and emissions data, are
being shared with the involved project communities, Wayne County, and Communities
throughout Upstate NY. It was found from research done in this project that utility truck
retrofits can be very streamlined, efficient, and effective – saving communities fuel costs.
Research was performed regarding police car vehicle retrofits. Challenges and learning
tools were examined.
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