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Indy to Replace Entire Fleet With Electric, Hybrid | Redux

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Indy to Replace Entire Fleet With Electric, Hybrid

Никола Надеин
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Indianapolis wants to become the first major city to replace its entire fleet with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in a move the mayor says is designed to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign-produced fuels, city officials said Tuesday. Mayor Greg Ballard signed an executive order Tuesday mandating the city to replace its current sedans with electric vehicles. The city will also work with the private sector to phase in snow plows, fire trucks and other heavy vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, and it will ask automakers to develop a plug-in hybrid police car as one doesn't yet exist. The city hopes to complete the switch by 2025. Ballard, a retired Marine officer, hopes that in making the switch, Indianapolis will help the country reduce its dependence on foreign oil. City spokesman Marc Lotter said the mayor considers it an issue of national security.

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Marc Lotter

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0.140013"We are negotiating with the automakers and several international capital fleet firms to get the best deal possible for taxpayers," Lotter said. ...
0"From everything we know, we are the first city in the nation to take this step," Lotter said. ...
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Mayor Greg Ballard

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-0.0195794"The United States' current transportation energy model, driven by oil, exacts an enormous cost financially and in terms of strategic leverage," Ballard, a retired Marine Officer and Gulf War veteran, said ...
-0.0106066"The United States' current transportation energy model, driven by oil, exacts an enormous cost financially and in terms of strategic leverage," Ballard, a retired Marine Officer and Gulf War veteran, said in a statement. "Our oil dependence in some cases places the fruits of our labor into the hands of dictators united against the people of the United States."
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Charles Wilson

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Country: United States

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City: Indianapolis

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