Federal Vehicle Fleets: Agencies Have Continued to Incorporate Alternative Fuel Vehicles into Fleets, but Challenges Remain

Abstract

Federal agencies largely use vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel fuel. Since 1988, agencies have been required to reduce their reliance on these fuels and lower their greenhouse gas emissions. To meet 2017 requirements, agencies used more alternative fuel vehicles, primarily flex-fuel vehicles that run on gasoline-ethanol blends. Agency officials told us that the higher cost of electric vehicles was one of the things that kept them from adding more of them to their fleets.In 2017, electric vehicles represented less than 1 percent of alternative fuel vehicles in agencies fleets, while hybrids represented about 11 percent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1152114

Entities

People

  • Alwynne Wilbur
  • Amy Rosewarne
  • Andrew Stavisky
  • Andrew Von Ah
  • Bonnie Ho
  • Crystal Wesco
  • Eric Hudson
  • Kelly Rubin
  • Malika Rice
  • Ross Gauthier

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Battery Electric Vehicles
  • Case Studies
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Fuels
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • Natural Gas
  • Passenger Vehicles
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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