President Biden promises to 'replace 600,000 government-owned vehicles with American-made electric vehicles'
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President Biden, who took office on January 20, 2021, has newly announced that he will 'replace all 600,000 private vehicles such as trucks and passenger cars owned by the federal government with American-made electric vehicles.'
Biden vows to electrify the federal government's 600,000-vehicle fleet | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/biden-vows-to-electrify-the-federal-governments-600000-vehicle-fleet/
In 2019, the federal government will own more than 600,000 private vehicles. Gasoline vehicles and diesel vehicles account for the majority at 63%, of which 31% are flex-fuel vehicles that run by mixing one or more types of fuel such as gasoline and methanol, and only 4% are hybrid vehicles . It was less than 0.5% for electric vehicles.
On January 26, 2021, President Biden announced at a press conference on strengthening the manufacturing industry in the United States, 'We plan to replace the vehicles owned by the federal government with clean electric vehicles made in the United States.' We have set up the 'Buy American' initiative.
President Biden Delivers Remarks on Strengthening American Manufacturing & Signs an Executive Order --YouTube
While hybrid cars and electric vehicles emit less greenhouse gases, they have the problem of being expensive. According to a (PDF file) survey conducted by the U.S. Accounting Inspection Office in 2019, hybrid sedans cost $ 5,200 (about 540,000 yen) and plug-in hybrid cars cost $ 87,000 to 10,000 compared to regular sedans. It costs 5,300 dollars (900,000-1.6 million yen). In addition, electric vehicles will cost an additional $ 8,900 (¥ 920,000).
Despite these cost issues, the Barack Obama administration has signed an executive order to 'purchase plug-in hybrids or zero-emission vehicles to 20% by 2020 and 50% by 2025.' I did. However, under the Trump administration, the executive order was withdrawn, and since the withdrawal, the proportion of eco-friendly flex-fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, etc. has continued to decline.
The new attempts of the Biden administration are believed to be a continuation of the attempts of the Obama administration. According to the IT news site Ars Technica, experts predict that the cost of electric vehicles will be about the same as gasoline vehicles around 2025. The Biden administration has not announced a timeline for 'fully electrifying' its vehicles, but it is expected to take more than 10 years, even if done properly.
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