New Senate bill would speed Pentagon purchase of electric non-tactical vehicles
New legislation would require the 75% of the department's FY23 non-tactical vehicle purchases to be electric or zero-emissions.
By ANDREW EVERSDEN
on June 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM
WASHINGTON: Two Democratic senators plan to introduce legislation later today that would force the Defense Department to aggressively speed up efforts to adopt more environmentally friendly vehicles.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, plan to introduce the Military Vehicle Fleet Electrification Act, ambitious legislation would require 75% of non-tactical vehicles purchased by DoD to be electric or zero-emission vehicles starting at the beginning of fiscal 2023, or Oct. 1, 2022, according to text of the bill provided to Breaking Defense.
“Transitioning the military’s nontactical fleet of vehicles to electric or other zero-emission vehicles would have a significant impact on the U.S. government’s greenhouse gas emissions,” Warren said in a statement. “This is an effective solution that helps us tackle the climate crisis and keeps the military ready for the future.”
Both Warren and Hirono sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The proposed Senate legislation will be a companion to a House bill introduced in April by Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., the chair of the House Armed Service Committee’s Readiness subcommittee.
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