IndyGo Zero-Emission Vehicle Plan

This project evaluated both battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell scenarios, as well as a scenario using both technologies. The project included a market assessment of available technologies, including specifications and costs. It also included an analysis of service and facility compatibility with technology options and a full lifecycle cost analysis that details total cost of ownership of both technologies including vehicle and infrastructure maintenances costs, vehicle costs, operating costs, fuel/energy costs and potential sources of funding. The analysis also included emissions calculations that accounted for local utility emissions for vehicle charging.

Conceptual facility upgrade plans accounted for integrating ZEB infrastructure with other facility upgrades, such as bus wash facilities and maintenance bays, and identified the potential use of an employee parking lot as a hydrogen fueling station. As IndyGo does not have a mandated transition deadline, the project assessed options for full and partial transition according to guiding principles established at the outset of the project, including tolerance for risk and cost increases.