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trails while their vehicle is charging. It is fun to see a log cabin in the background and an electric charging station in the same view.”
The mission of NCEA is to build and promote advanced technologies for housing and transportation that save energy, reduce CO2 pollution and cut costs. NCEA is working in phases to build a statewide charging infrastructure for electrified transportation through grants received from NET. Anne McCollister, NCEA Executive Director, said “Through state and local funding, NCEA has over $10 million in community solar and electric transportation projects throughout Nebraska.”
Friends of Homestead National Historical Park (Friends) is a non- profit support organization for HNHP. Friends initiated the project and applied for a grant from NET to install a ChargePoint charging station. Funds generated by Friends, through the use of the charging station, will be used to offset the monthly electric bill for the charging station, with any profits going to support HNHP programs and projects.
“I wonder if the homesteaders who chased the American Dream creating settlements and farms, drove industrial advancement and built our nation would have ever imagined operating electric powered vehicles, while they harnessed their horses to work in the fields with their hands. The progression of transportation, from horsepower, to steam power to fuel power to electric power that have all made movement
possible is partially due to homesteaders who moved west. I would like to thank all the organizations involved that reached out to HNHP and that worked together to complete the charging station project. To know that electricity is something that continues to evolve, is going to continue to shape our future,” said Mark Engler, HNHP Superintendent.
Considering that the combined national average for conventional vehicles is 25.1 miles per gallon based on the combined fuel economy average (city and highway) of all the vehicle types (make and model) published in the Fuel Economy Guide for the year 2020, and the combined fuel economy for all electric vehicles is 3.412 miles per kilowatt hour (mi/kWh) based on the combined fuel economy average (city and highway) of all the electric vehicle types (make and model) in the same report, a general comparison is made using the equation below to generate the table.
Miles driven based on $50 =
Electricity Gas Price Price (Gallon) (kWh)
$0.655 0.089038
*Source: NCEA Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Report – January 2020
Year
Vehicle Gas Electric (Miles per Gal.) (Miles per kWh)
50 *3.412 = 50 *25.1 = 1916 miles
.0921761
0.655
Conventional Vehicle [CV]
Battery Electric Miles driven based on $50
2017
$2.36
0.091333
23.246
3.323
492
2025
2018
$2.62
0.092176
23312
3.323
444
1802
2019
$2.49
0.092176
23.272
3.323
468
1802
2020
$2.08
0.089038
25.1
3.412
603
1916
Parity
25.1 3.412 1916 1916
From left: Mark Engler, HNHP – Superintendent, Chad Pinkelman, NPPD – Sustainable Strategies Consultant and Tammy Weers, Friends – Treasurer
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