More than half the cars alternative fuel purchased by government agencies last year were built by Asian manufacturers.
Approximately 54 percent of the 1,801 alternative fuel vehicles were built by Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi. Meanwhile, the number of products Ford alternative fuel actually lost out to those of Hyundai, according to a report by Bloomberg.report cites documents obtained pursuant to a request for access to information, the results are revealing that the green car purchases fell for the third consecutive year, despite the goal of the Obama administration to store its fleet exclusively with alternative fuel vehicles.
In 09, the Obama administration has purchased approximately 8,139 vehicles alternative technology – the same year, he announced a goal of having 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. But sales of electric cars will be slow, this goal is looking less and less possible. In 2010, the state’s own purchases decreased by more than 20 percent for 6467. These purchases were fueled by $ 300 million of stimulus spending by the federal government has expired. In 2011, this meant that the government purchased 2,645 vehicles alternative technology.Why, then, the money is still spent most of the time siphoned into Asian brands? Reduced budget the Obama administration means that purchases of vehicles going to the lowest bidder by Roy Durham, general manager for the dealer who sold the General Services Administration all its foreign cars last year.
national policy makers are finally starting to catch up with high-performance vehicles such as the Ford C-Max and Fusion – both of which are available as plug-in hybrids. Chevrolet Volt is also distinguished in the competition, but Toyota is still the leader in sales of hybrid vehicles in general.
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