Indianapolis plans to replace entire city fleet with electric, plug-in hybrids by 2025

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/indianapolis-plans-to-replace-entire-city-fleet-with-electric-plug-in-hybrids-by-2025/2012/12/12/4fa011d6-4455-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis wants to become the first major city to replace its entire fleet with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in a move designed to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign-produced fuels, city officials said Tuesday.

Mayor Greg Ballard is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday mandating the city to replace its current sedans with electric or plug-in hybrids, spokesman Marc Lotter said. After that, the city will work with the private sector to phase in snow plows, fire trucks and other heavy vehicles that run on compressed natural gas. Finally, the city will ask automakers to develop a plug-in hybrid police car, as this doesn’t yet exist, Lotter said.


The city hopes to complete the switch by 2025.

Lotter did not provide an estimate on the cost of the change.

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1. Too bad they'll be running mainly on coal-produced electricity

It's also sad that they have to frame this as an "energy independence" move rather than looking at climate change. Though I suppose to them our dirty coal plants are a plus, since the coal comes from leveling American mountains...