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Dozens of U.S. Cities Offer to Buy 114,000 EVs
Some 30 U.S. cities have agreed to begin the process of ordering 114,000 electric cars and trucks under an initiative being coordinated by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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Some 30 U.S. cities have agreed to begin the process of ordering 114,000 electric cars and trucks under an initiative being coordinated by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The effort, which began more than a year ago, aims to show demand for EVs. But Bloomberg News says the initiative is still in the early stages, and none of the cities has actually ordered vehicles.
The cities are offering to buy electrified vehicles ranging from police cruisers to garbage trucks. In some cases, their interest is in such vehicles as electric fire engines that aren’t currently available.
Among the participating cities are Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, New York, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. Coordinators tell Bloomberg that nearly 40 EV makers have responded to date.
The news service says participating cities—most of them headed by Democratic mayors—say they want to show there’s a growing market for zero-emission vehicles, regardless of the level of political support for such technologies in Washington, D.C.
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