First Name | Randy |
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Last Name | Angell |
Email Address | randy.angell@temsa.com |
Affiliation | Temsa North America |
Subject | Executive Officer Hearing for the Proposed Amendments to the Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle |
Comment | I want to thank you and the Air Resources Board and staff for allowing us to say a few words today. Temsa North America was established in the US in 2009 and has become one of the top 4 OEM manufacturers of Motorcoaches in the industry today. We manufacture and currently sell four different sized vehicles (TS30, TS35, TS45 & TS45EV). We have various locations across the US, and I am here today from our facility in Burlingame CA. As I stated above, we currently have four different coach options for our customers with one of those options being the TS45EV Electric vehicle. We have just recently finalized all testing and are using this vehicle in San Fran area now for demo trials with our customers. We support the transition to EV down the road, but we also understand all the challenges this will be to ultimately get there. From infrastructure issues to range of the coach challenges etc. We have only been using one engine manufacturer for our three size units we currently sell here in the states. Cummins, as the engine manufacturer, is one of the options currently available in the US. TNA currently represents about 15-20% market share to the industry today and about 25% of our sales currently are sold here in CA. Based on those figures and rising demand for our mid to full size units Temsa will be drastically affected based on the number of carb compliant engines that have been assigned from allocations somehow from Cummins. The new CARB compliant engines will not even be available before 2026. Temsa will not be able to meet the demands of our customers in CA so this will also dramatically affect them with their contracts and needs. Based on the stated above comments we believe Temsa will not have sales of more than 100 coaches based on new regulations. So again, not only affecting Temsa but the customers in CA who purchase directly from Temsa. This is a very brief summary of who we are at Temsa, and we are here today to ask for the opportunity to continue to work with CARB to come up with a successful solution to all of the issues we are addressing here today. We support the board zero emission goals set for heavy duty vehicles for 2045 and as Temsa being a global supplier we are always actively striving to achieve these types of goals. But in order to do this we need time and the ability to work closely with the board to achieve these types of timeframes and goals. Thank you for the opportunity to be heard here today and we look forward to any further questions you may have. Best Regards, Randy Angell |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2023-10-20 06:07:14 |
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