Alan Bates
Supervisor, Fleet Business OperationsCity of Portland
Alan is the Fleet Operations Supervisor for the City of Portland, where he is helping transition the fleet to net zero. He has more than two decades of project/product management and marketing experience, with senior leadership roles at Envoy, ReachNow (BMW), Shorepower, Evo, and Equifax. He is passionate about finding smarter and safer ways for people to move around their world, particularly with shared, electric mobility.
Alan Bates’s Session(s):
| Wednesday, October 19, 2022
9:05 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Pacific: Hitting the Pavement: Choosing and Maintaining Your Fleet
Electric Vehicles provide a number of solutions and benefits to commercial and municipal fleets. While able to fulfill the roles of light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles, fleets operate in a unique environment and present different considerations for electrification.
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- Understand the impact of charging multiple vehicles while maintaining operational efficiency
- Consider cost-saving maintenance requirements compared to ICE vehicles
- Integrate facility and public charging to keep your fleet fully charged
- Learn which vehicles are the best fit for your organization’s needs
- Implement strategies that will help your company reach its sustainability objectives