U.s. Government hybrids and et seq. of to car fleet

Saul Loeb/Agence France-PressePresident Obama, with the Chevrolet Volt in July. The White House announced the purchase of 101 volt on Tuesday.

As part of its efforts to create the Federal fleet greener and a million hybrid and electric vehicles on the road by 2015, the Obama administration took a relatively small step Tuesday by purchasing 101 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids, as well as 15 et seq. of battery-powered.

The White House also announced that the Federal agencies to use "medium-sized or small sedans" expected instead of the fleshy black s.u.v. of associated with Federal Executive fleets.

According to the General Services Administration, which administers the Federal fleet, the pure electric Nissan leaf and think city are also now approved for Federal acquisition, with other models to follow. Ten of the new cars will Leafs, accompanied by five think. Michael Robertson, Chief of staff on the G.S.A., said that the cars would be delivered to fleets by early next year.

President Obama has ordered that, by 2015, all new light commercial vehicles rented or bought by federal agencies must be "alternative fueled," a broad category with battery-electric, hybrids, natural gas and biofuels cars. So-called flex-fuel vehicles running on E85 ethanol fuel are included in the designation and federal officials said that the Administration measures to ensure that they would take to actually be run on ethanol instead of gasoline.

The presidential memorandum on Tuesday issued Federal fleet performance deadlines for agencies and went on to say that "as soon as possible," the alternative fuel vehicles is located close to the fueling stations.

E.V. charging stations service Government vehicles will be installed in five cities: Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, San Diego and San Francisco.

Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on environmental quality, said that the Federal Government, which is the largest car park in the United States, with approximately 600,000 cars and trucks, "example." The Administration says that it is in the past year, the number of hybrid cars and trucks in its fleet has doubled.

Mr. Obama memo called for "medium-sized or small sedans" in executive fleets "except where larger sedans are essential for the agency mission." Agency heads may exempt vehicles for a number of purposes, including law enforcement, emergency response or military applications.

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