New York City has announced plans to purchase 900 EVs for government use and install an additional 315 EV charging ports with a grant from the US Department of Transportation
New York said Wednesday it would replace more than 900 city-owned fossil-fuel-powered vehicles with electric models and install an additional 315 EV charging ports after receiving a $10.1 million US Department of Transportation grant.
The announcement is the latest by a US government agency looking to speed the transition from gas-powered vehicles to EVs. New York City currently has more than 4,000 state-owned electric vehicles and by the end of this year nearly 20% of the city's vehicles will be EVs.
The new funding will help New York acquire 382 Chevrolet Bolt EVs, 360 Ford e-Transit vans and 150 Ford F-150 e-Lightning pick-up trucks, as well as 25 plug-in hybrid street sweepers.
The city already operates about 850 Bolts manufactured by General Motors and more than 200 Ford Mustang Mach-Es.
New York said the city currently has more than 1,360 charging ports, 120 fast chargers and 106 free-standing solar carports, and plans to add another 600 ports over the next 18 months.
The city aims to install 1,000 curbside chargers by 2025 and 10,000 charging stations by 2030. New York Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday, "Electric vehicles are clearly the future."
There are approximately 26,000 government vehicles in service in New York City.
Last month, the US Postal Service (USPS) said it would more than double its planned purchase of electric delivery vehicles, tapping $3 billion in funding from Congress.
The USPS said in July it plans to buy at least 66,000 electric vehicles by 2028 after committing to buy 25,000 next-generation electric delivery vehicles.
In December 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order directing the federal government to phase out purchases of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Biden's order also directed that 100% be light-duty federally procured EVs or plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) by 2027. Purchase.
The White House said federal agencies would ramp up purchases of EVs and PHEVs from about 1% of vehicle acquisitions in the 2021 budget year to 12% of light-duty purchases in 2022, or a total of 3,567, in the 12 months ending Sept. 30. ,
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