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HTUF AND POLICY
CALSTART and HTUF are building support for a bill (Representative Levin’s HR 3367) that would extend and enhance the hybrid truck tax credit. Seventeen companies have so far signed on to a letter of support (see below). If you are interested in signing on, please contact Jamie Hall today.

HTUF Supported Policy: HR 3367 Tax Credit Support

 

HTUF UPDATES
Two lines of hybrid electric, electric and plug-in hybrids in HTUF Convoy Atlanta 10-27-09If you were one of the nearly 550 attendees at Hybrid Truck Users Forum National Conference 2009 in Atlanta, thanks for participating in the most successful, action-oriented event yet!  Check out photos, videos, meeting minutes and more.
Presentations from the conference are now available! All registered attendees were sent an email with log-in instructions on November 18th. For non-attendees, conference materials will be available for a fee of $150. Please call 626/744-5600 to order yours today or if you have questions, email Debby DuBose, Event Manager at ddubose@calstart.org

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HYBRID TRUCK USERS FORUM

Welcome to HTUF: Hybrid Truck Users Forum

HTUF is a national, multi-year, user-driven program to speed the commercialization of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid and high-efficiency technologies. It is operated by CALSTART in partnership with the U.S. Army’s National Automotive Center (NAC), with project support from the Hewlett Foundation and the Department of Energy. HTUF has been very successful in helping launch the first production of hybrid trucks and is credited with cutting up to two years from product development. HTUF has helped create the first markets and is now working to get purchase incentive funding. Learn more about HTUF's user-focused process for commercialization and its on-going activities in these web pages.

 
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HTUF FEATURES

Purchasing a Hybrid? Try a Lifecycle Cost Approach

A common complaint about new technology is that the “back of the envelope calculation just doesn’t pencil out”. Most new technologies come up against this challenge as they struggle to be implemented in commercial industries that have become accustomed to the status quo but are looking for ways to reduce costs. A simple payback calculation is a quick and easy method to assess the benefit of a new cost-saving technology; but it isn’t necessarily very accurate, and in assessing the case for hybrid drivetrains, a deeper dive is required. Read the article.