AeroVironment to supply fast charge systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

AeroVironment has announced the Port of Seattle has awarded the company a contract valued up to US$8.8 million through 2014 to supply its PosiCharge electric Ground Support Equipment (eGSE) fast charge systems to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. “This project will be a tremendous step toward our Century Agenda goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent from 2005 levels,” said Elizabeth Leavitt, planning and environmental programs director at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
May 9, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSS2132 AeroVironment has announced the Port of Seattle has awarded the company a contract valued up to US$8.8 million through 2014 to supply its PosiCharge electric Ground Support Equipment (eGSE) fast charge systems to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

“This project will be a tremendous step toward our Century Agenda goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent from 2005 levels,” said Elizabeth Leavitt, planning and environmental programs director at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

AeroVironment says every large hub and many smaller airports in the United States now operate at least one of its PosiCharge eGSE fast charge system. It says these systems have already enabled major international airports such as Boston Logan, Charlotte, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, Dulles, George Bush, John F. Kennedy, La Guardia, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Philadelphia and San Francisco to replace thousands of their fossil-fueled GSE vehicles with cleaner, more efficient electric-powered alternatives. PosiCharge systems also keep eGSE vehicles running reliably at Bob Hope airport in Burbank, Calif., the first in the United States to convert to an “all-electric” GSE fleet model.

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