New York City buying more than 900 EVs for government fleets
New York said it will replace more than 900 city-owned fossil-fuel vehicles with electric models and install 315 additional EV charging ports after receiving a $10.1 million US Transportation Department grant.
The announcement is the latest by a US government agency to speed the shift away from gas-powered vehicles to EVs. New York City currently has more than 4,000 government-owned electric vehicles, and by later this year, close to 20 percent of city 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 pickup trucks, as well as 25 plug-in hybrid street sweepers.
