Profile
Dimitrios Laloudakis

Dimitrios Laloudakis

Energy Management Superintendent, City of Phoenix

BSME - Arizona State University
MBA - University of Phoenix



Project

Strategic Plan for Use of Plug-In Hybrids in Government Fleets

This strategic plan analyzes a typical large government fleet, like the City of Phoenix, and makes recommendations to improve sustainable practices through the use of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Plug-In vehicles, using the same technology as today's hybrids, with improved battery capacity and performance can deliver a range of twenty to sixty (20 - 60) miles on a single battery charge. These vehicles, driven within this range, can reduce green-house gas emissions and lower fuel costs to the organization by over fifty percent and help decrease our dependence on imported oil resources. Fuel cost reductions can exceed $1.50 per "equivalent" gallon with reduced off-peak charging rates by the utilities.

This strategic plan recommends a scheduled implementation of acquiring sixty-five (65) Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles over a period of five years (2011 - 2015). These vehicles will be a mix of older vehicle replacements and new acquisitions for additional services in a growing city. Provided these vehicles are available by major manufacturers by 2010, the City of Phoenix can enhance its automotive fleet, of which 28.1 percent is alternative fuel vehicles, by adopting these recommendations and establishing a sustainable transportation fleet.