2026 Green Fleet Webinar Series-11.06.26 Green Fleets Webinar Recording

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NAFA’s second 2026 Green Fleet webinar featured sustainability strategies from the City of Long Beach, UCLA, and Pitt Ohio.<br /><br />Long Beach Fleet Services Manager Eric Winterset described a long-term, city-supported effort to reduce emissions across a fleet of roughly 2,300 assets. The city has electrified about 71% of its fleet through alternative fuels, expanded charging access with temporary and permanent solutions, and created a 10-year infrastructure plan. Other initiatives include piloting vehicles with departments before adoption, using renewable diesel and propane, reducing shop waste, improving facility energy efficiency, and developing a technician pipeline through school partnerships and paid internships. Winterset emphasized steady progress over time rather than trying to do everything at once.<br /><br />UCLA’s Tom Pavaromo explained how collaboration among the University of California’s 10 campuses helps teams share research, lessons, and best practices. UCLA evaluates each vehicle’s operational needs—including route, range, payload, and charging opportunities—before choosing a technology. Its fleet includes electric buses, trucks, accessible shuttles, low-speed vehicles, and parking-enforcement vehicles. Pavaromo stressed that infrastructure and organizational support are essential to successful electrification.<br /><br />Pitt Ohio’s Patrick Linden shared the company’s “crawl, walk, run” approach. Beginning with facility improvements and electric forklifts, the freight carrier expanded to electric vans, trucks, and yard tractors. Grants, utility coordination, supplier relationships, and internal buy-in helped advance the work, while real-world operations revealed challenges such as charging infrastructure, winter performance, downtime, and payload.<br /><br />Across the presentations, speakers highlighted practical planning, collaboration, appropriate vehicle-application matching, and incremental implementation as key to sustainable fleet progress.

Keywords

Green Fleet

Fleet Electrification

Sustainability Strategies

Alternative Fuels

Charging Infrastructure

City of Long Beach

UCLA

Pitt Ohio

Vehicle Electrification

Emissions Reduction

Fleet Management