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In reply to the discussion: The CEO of Ford just perfectly summarized the biggest problem for electric cars [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)No governemnt vehicle outside of a public safety one should not be electric past 2020. Make it a mandate that to get any grants, assistance or other money a state or local government must have an electric fleet.
The GSA has almost a quarter million vehicles it manages for the Federal Government. This fleet needs to be as close to all electric as possible.
Are you trying to get a government contract that will involve the use of a vehicle? Mandate in the contract language the use of electric vehicles.
The US Postal Service is right now looking at the next generation of Postal delivery vehicles. There is no reason that they shouldn't be electric.
This will do several things. It will subsidize the market. It will pulp cash into companies so they can make the electrics better. It will give volume to the companies making them and the parts so the overall cost of making electrics drops. And it will expose more people to the electrics and give them familiarity with them, and that will help drive demand up.