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Agencies that rely on electric-only vehicles may also struggle with finding enough charging stations in their location to keep the vehicle running, as gas stations for traditional vehicles are far more abundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnother challenge that may limit further progress towards energy goals is that agencies continue to need larger, less efficient vehicles for many of their mission needs, according to many agency officials. According to [Federal Automotive Statistical Tool] data, about 85 percent of agencies\u2019 fleets in fiscal year 2018 was comprised of sport-utility vehicles, passenger vans and trucks,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor example, GSA offered one 4×2 hybrid-electric sport-utility vehicle and one 4×4 plug-in hybrid-electric sport-utility vehicle in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. In fiscal year 2019, additional vehicles have been added. While these options are considered low greenhouse-gas-emitting vehicles, an agency official told us that they have a variety of other characteristics that may make them less desirable for certain missions \u2014 for example, they may cost significantly more than other options to acquire, or, in the case of the plug-in, rely on charging infrastructure that the agency may not have in the location where the vehicle is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report also noted that the environmental value of switching from a traditional, petroleum vehicle to an electric vehicle can vary depending on the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Northeast region of the U.S., for example, has high levels of green energy generation, meaning that the electricity used to charge electric vehicles isn\u2019t produced in a way that emits large amounts of greenhouse gasses. The Midwest, by contrast, generates over 60 percent of its energy using coal-fired power plants, which emit high levels of greenhouse gasses, and electric cars in that region would be charged using that energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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