FRESNO (KMJ) -California exceeds Governor Brown’s initial goals placing more zero-emission vehicles on roads.
Nearly 12% of new light-duty vehicle purchases made by state agencies are now zero-emission, which exceeds Governor Brown’s goal of 10% set forth in his 2012 executive order which envisions 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2025.
The next goal calls for a quarter of light-duty replacement fleet purchases to be zero emission by 20-20.
The achievement was announced at the state’s first-ever alternative transportation expo held at the State Capitol Monday.
The ZEV purchase data announcement puts the state in a good position to meet the governor’s next goal, which calls for 25 percent of light-duty replacement fleet purchases to be zero emission by 2020.
“We have approved approximately 310 zero emission vehicle purchases for state government use and about 252 ZEVs have been deployed by state departments.” – Daniel C. Kim, Director of the Department of General Services.
The numbers include battery, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles that are purchased through state contracts managed by DGS.
DGS manages about 70 “smart” level-two electric vehicle charging stations at state facilities with plans to install about 80 more by the end of 2016.
A statewide program has begun to install a minimum of 1,000 basic level-one charging receptacles throughout all DGS garages and parking lots.
