According to the latest report, U.S. government regulators said at the hearing that the U.S. government may need more than 100,000 charging stations to support the promotion of electric vehicles. The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in its testimony that as of March, federal agencies had about 1,100 charging stations.
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As of 2020, less than 0.3% (1,777) of the US government’s 657,000 vehicles are EVs. In 2020, the U.S. government spent $4.2 billion on vehicle costs, including $730 million in fuel costs. Federal agencies have ordered 1,854 new zero-emission vehicles through March 10 since the last report, the General Services Administration said on Tuesday.
Moreover, the U.S. Government Accountability Office noted that GSA has been able to negotiate lower purchase prices for some EV models, stating that “GSA negotiated a discounted price for the Chevrolet Bolt in fiscal 2021 nearly $10,000 below its market retail price. “
Furthermore, The US government typically buys about 50,000 vehicles a year. By 2027, government-purchased light-duty vehicles will become what the White House calls “zero emissions,” according to a U.S. government executive order.
This “emission-free” definition also includes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with gasoline engines. Congress passed infrastructure legislation last year that allocated $7.5 billion to build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations.
