Municipalities More Likely to Take Slower Road to EVs

While New York, Los Angeles, Denver and other big metropolitan governments are racing toward all-electric fleets, most cities are replacing a gas- or diesel-fueled car or truck piecemeal as older models wear out.

The Route Fifty website reports that a growing number of counties and cities have pledged to stop adding liquid-fueled vehicles by 2030 or 2035 so that through attrition, their full fleets will be electric by 2050.

“I would be hard-pressed to find a city that isn’t thinking about it or [doesn’t] already have an electric vehicle,” said Sarah Reed, a program manager with the Washington, D.C.-based Electrification Coalition, a nonprofit organization that helps local governments with technical and policy assistance as they transition their fleets to all electric. “This is where transportation is headed.”

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Source: Route Fifty