C-TRAN (Vancouver, WA) teams up with CarMedialab to further goal of a completely zero-emission fleet by 2040

Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area (C-TRAN) has tasked CarMedialab, an INIT company, to deliver efficiency-boosting software solutions for its electric vehicle fleet. Having added 10 new all-electric buses to its fleet, C-TRAN has taken a major step toward achieving its goal of a completely zero-emission fleet by 2040.

The deployment of CarMedialab’s MOBILEcharge charge management system will optimize the agency’s charging process between the electric vehicles and the energy grid. Since the price of electricity is based on peak load, MOBILEcharge will manage the process through load shifting. This means that when vehicles arrive at the depot and are connected to the charging cable, the charging process starts later and with a lower cost. The results are reduced operating costs, extended battery life and preconditioned, ready to go vehicles.