Evaluation of Electric Vehicles as an Alternative for Work Trip and ...

Background
Evaluation of Electric Vehicles as an Alternative
For
Work-trip and Limited Business Commutes
The Department of Administrative Services is responsible for the
state central fleet. It is comprised of approximately 4,087 vehicles,
which are primarily automobiles and light trucks. Vehicles are assigned
to each state agency. This fleet includes 550 emergency vehicles, and
most of these are full-size cars assigned to the Department of Public
Safety. The Department of Transportation is assigned 265 vehicles, as
follows: 133 subcompact cars with air conditioning (w/AC); 84 compact
cars and ½ ton pickups w/AC; 12 intermediate cars and compact wagons
w/AC; 13 cargo vans, intermediate wagons and full-size cars w/AC; four
(4) full-size wagons and crew-cab pickups w/AC; and, 19 carryalls w/AC.
In addition to the 265 lights trucks and cars from the state
fleet, the Department of Transportation owns and operates 1,971
additional vehicles, including: 481 buses; 724 dump trucks; 291 pickups;
238 specialty vehicles; 167 vans; 65 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and
Suburbans; and, seven (7) cars (independent of the state fleet).
To comply with the regulations resulting from the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act of 1992 (EPACT), the Connecticut State fleet
manager has begun purchasing non-emergency automobiles (cars) and light
trucks that run on alternate fuels (Alt-Fuel), which are fuels other
than gasoline or diesel (See Appendix A). In 1998, to meet the 15%
requirement of EPACT, 70 dual-fuel compressed natural gas/gasoline four-
door subcompact sedans were purchased. EPACT requires 25% of new
vehicles purchased for the State fleet in 1999 to operate on an
alternate fuel, 50% in 2000, and 75% in 2001 and thereafter.
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