US Government Needs 100,000 Charging Stations To Go EV-Only, Currently Has Just 1,100 | Carscoops carscoops
The U.S. Government’s plan to cut out gasoline-powered vehicles from its fleet by 2035 may face some roadblocks, such as a lack of infrastructure and resistance from USPS., a government watchdog told a congressional hearing that the US government would need over 100,000 electric vehicle chargers to support its proposed electric vehicle use. Testimony by the Government Accountability Office in March stated that federal agencies currently only own about 1,100 charging stations.
Only 1,777 vehicles out of the U.S. Government’s fleet of 657,000 were electric in 2020, which is less than 0.3 percent. The General Services Administration says that 1,854 more zero-emission vehicles were purchased as of March 10, 2022.signed in December said that the government would stop the purchase of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Also, the government will acquire only light-duty vehicles that the White House calls “emission-free” by 2027.Proposed infrastructure legislation to spend $7.
In 2021, the Biden administration endorsed separate legislation to provide $9 billion for USPS and the federal government to buy EVs and charging stations, but that legislation remains stalled.and plans to buy mostly gas-powered next-generation delivery vehicles. A hearing on the plan will be held by the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
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