Under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the city's
municipal vehicle fleet logged 102 million miles on the road in the last fiscal year, 25 percent more miles than in 2014, the mayor's first year in office.
Yesterday the Court further denied a government request for an additional 3 to 4 years of delay, instead ordering the DOE to revise the long - overdue petroleum reduction goal to an achievable number within one year, and in the following year to determine whether the AFV purchase rules must apply to private and
municipal vehicle fleets, potentially requiring the purchase of tens of thousands of additional AFVs.
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In December, the New York Power Authority approved $ 2 million in funding to help
municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State purchase electric - drive
vehicles for use in their
municipal fleets.
These
vehicles will be running utility and
municipal fleets across the US and can help reduce dependency on foreign oil.
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This perception has spread because the majority of compressed natural gas
vehicles sold to date have been relegated to
fleets, such as buses and delivery
vehicles, where
municipal governments and large corporations can take advantage of central fueling stations to reduce infrastructure costs.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «DEC is pleased to support municipalities in their efforts to transition to their
municipal fleets to clean
vehicles and install clean
vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure for their communities.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $ 2.2 million from the Environmental Protection Fund is now available in rebates for municipalities to purchase or lease electric, (plug - in hybrid or battery) or hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles for
municipal fleet use, and for installation of public charging or fuel cell refueling infrastructure.
In Texas, where wind power is expanding rapidly, Austin is trying to recruit 50 cities to join in jump - starting a market for the new
vehicles by committing to buy them for
municipal fleets, and providing purchase incentives to businesses and individuals.
Meanwhile, in order to meet today's (6/30) deadline for maximum CARB credit, BMW has been dumping dozens of cars into
municipal fleets to be leased for only $ 10 a month, most recently pulling some of those
vehicles from retail consumers who had been willing to pay full price and complied with the nearly 8 - month process required to get one of the cars.
Instead of extending EPAct's alterative fuel
vehicle purchasing requirements to private and
municipal fleets, DOE announced a «Catch 22» ruling declaring it would neither revise the Act's 30 % goal to a more realistic target nor apply the alterative fuel
vehicle purchasing requirements to private and
municipal fleets because even if it did so it would still fail to meet the Act's original 30 % goal.
The lawsuit also seeks compliance with EPAct purchasing requirements of alterative fuel
vehicles for private and local
municipal government
fleets if needed to meet petroleum fuel reduction goals.
If federal purchasing alone proves insufficient to drive the market for alterative fuel
vehicles, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required to expand the alterative fuel
vehicle purchasing program to qualifying private and
municipal fleets to meet EPAct's goal of moving 30 % of this nation's
vehicle fleet to alterative fuel
vehicles by 2010.
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