Biden’s buying spree could boost the number of electric vehicles in the US by 40%

The US government will replace its entire fleet of 645,000 cars and trucks with US-made electric vehicles, president Joe Biden said on Jan. 25, while signing a “Buy America” executive order that creates new guidelines for the government’s $600 billion in annual spending on goods and services. Biden didn’t offer many details, including the timeline for purchasing EVs or whether the initiative would include plug-in hybrids that still use some gasoline. Today, the US government owns just 4,500 hybrids and fully-electric vehicles, according to the General Services Administration, accounting for less than 1% of the fleet.