Mayor Bill DiBlasio of New York City has announced that his city will add about 2,000 EVs to its municipal fleet of cars over the next 10 years. The police and fire department vehicles “have more exacting performance requirements than most current [electric vehicle] technologies offer”, the city’s plan reads.
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– Release a Request for Information for additional cutting-edge technology solutions for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles, including advanced battery EVs, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and CNG vehicles. Ms. Spitalnick said that the conversion would take place in phases as present vehicles are retired, and is likely to help reduce the city government’s vehicle emissions by almost 50% by 2025.
Other cities are less hesitant about adding electric vehicles to their emergency fleets.
The plan’s capital costs – which would include the creation of new charging stations for the vehicles – are expected to range from $50 million to $80 million, according to spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick. First, the city must identify and secure space to set up recharging stations.
De Blasio says a “cleaner, greener fleet” is yet another step toward achieving an 80 percent reduction in all emissions by 2050. “By building the largest municipal electric vehicle fleet in the country – and potentially the world – New York City is continuing to lead by example”.
Barry says the number of new infections in New York State has been dropping since 2002.
“Moving toward electric vehicles is an essential part of the nation and the world’s agenda to fight climate change”, Professor Michael B. Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, told the New York Daily News.
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City health officials said the city previous year had a historic-low 2,718 residents who were newly diagnosed compared with 4,397 new cases in 2004.
