New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy today announced that the agency is celebrating Drive Electric Week 2024 with the introduction of an online dashboard that will demonstrate how affected state agencies are converting 100 percent of their light-duty, non-emergency vehicle fleets to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035. 

 

“Improving the quality and accessibility of our data is critical to OGS’s strategy to meet Governor Hochul’s mandate to transition the state’s light-duty vehicle fleet to 100 percent zero-emission vehicles by 2035,” Commissioner Moy said. “Our new public ZEV dashboard and the Clean Fleet Plan are essential tools for making government operations sustainable and transparent. We encourage all New Yorkers to join us in observing Drive Electric Week.”   

 

OGS’s new online ZEV dashboard, which can be viewed here, includes a chart showing the number of ZEV and non-ZEV light-duty vehicles operated by New York State agencies and authorities under EO 22 whose vehicles comprise more than 99 percent of the state’s light-duty fleet. It is important to note that data included on the dashboard are from agencies’ 2023 fleet conversion plans and represent baseline numbers recorded before they began implementing those plans. The ZEV data will be updated on the dashboard once a year in the fall.

 

The dashboard also includes data on state-owned ZEV charging ports, with 135 ports currently active and more than 600 ports in design or construction phases. OGS will be using a range of equipment to meet the charging needs of the fleet and are currently piloting off-grid solar chargers with battery backup that can be quickly deployed to sites without significant infrastructure work. These solar chargers are currently in use at the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus  in Albany and the Perry B. Duryea Jr. State Office Building on Long Island.

 

This week, OGS is also releasing its Clean Fleet Plan recommendations, a roadmap of vehicle electrification actions for state agencies.

 

The Clean Fleet Plan, which was funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), is an important summary of recommendations and standards to assist agencies in improving their understanding of the current state of the EV industry and what it means for state fleets as they transition their vehicles. It includes guidance on charger installations, charger sharing configurations, power load management, and ways to leverage other data sources to inform vehicle electrification strategies.  

 

To bring much-needed charging capacity to state parking facilities and enable state vehicles to be driven off lots with a full battery, the expansion of charging infrastructure is in progress, including planned installations of additional Level 2 and direct current, fast charging (DCFC) stations. A typical 300-mile range battery electric vehicle battery pack can be charged from zero to 80 percent state of charge in 6-8 hours using a Level 2 charging station. Higher-power Level 3 DC fast chargers can charge a similar battery to 80 percent state of charge in 15 to 60 minutes.

The OGS Division of Resiliency and Sustainability assisted 75 state agencies and authorities in developing ZEV conversion plans and identifying priority locations for additional EV charging ports to service their fleets. OGS convenes a monthly interagency ZEV conversion working group, develops technical assistance tools, and facilitates partnerships to further a coordinated EV infrastructure buildout to support state vehicles.