Local Use Vehicles (LUVs) are all about loving your community and the planet. By driving Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) for short distance travel we can improve our neighborhoods, lower our GHG emissions, and improve our air quality.
This is a Project of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) funded by the Air Quality Management District (AQMD).
Mission:The LUV Project will test the effectiveness of using 100% electric, zero emission local use vehicles (LUV) that are small, short range and low speed for taking ‘local’ trips around South Bay neighborhoods. Many of the trips taken by South Bay residents and businesses today are less than 5 km and are typically driven in long range, full size, full speed vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine.
The LUV project will demonstrate the benefits of using vehicle technology appropriate to the characteristics of the trip taken. Potential benefits include reductions of:
- pollutants and carbon emissions per mile
- emissions from cold starts
- fuel costs per mile
- total gasoline consumption per household
- overall congestion
LUVs are limited to 40 km/h and can be legally driven only on streets with a posted speed limit of 50 km/h or less. They may cross streets with higher speed limits at signalized intersections. Maximum distance between charges average around 50 km. Maps of LUV legal streets can be found at the SBCCOG web page in the LUV section.
The SBCCOG partnered with Enterprise fleet Management to acquire a fleet of six vehicles – two Wheego Whips, two GEM e4s, one Columbia Summit, and one Vantage Crewcab. The vehicles are loaned to participants chosen to test the LUVs in a variety of applications. Vehicles have been placed with residents and institutions for the first six month demonstration period. During the 18 month demonstration project the LUV vehicles will be loaned to new participants approximately every six months.
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