QUESTION
Will DCAS meet the mandate for an electric fleet by 2038 and the FY 2025 goal of 5,100 electric vehicles?
0:15:42
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DCAS is on track to achieve the 2025 goal of 5,100 electric vehicles but is discussing funding restoration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
- Commissioner Dawn M. Pinnock confirms DCAS's commitment to the 2025 goal and the 2038 mandate for a fully electric fleet.
- Ongoing discussions with OMB highlight concerns over funding allocations impacting vehicle purchases.
- The ability to ramp up electric vehicle acquisition is crucial for meeting the 2038 mandate.
- Council Member Lincoln Restler mentions the affordability of electric vehicles in the consumer market, questioning the timing of funding cuts.
Lincoln Restler
0:15:42
Will Decast be in compliance with this mandate?
0:15:44
Do does Decast believe that you're still on track to be in compliance with this mandate?
0:15:50
And do you expect to meet the FY 25 goal of 55100 electric vehicles?
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:15:55
We absolutely will be on track for the 55100 goals by 2025.
0:16:00
However, to your point, we are absolutely in conversations with OMB about the restoration of funding.
0:16:07
Given the fact that we would purchase certainly more than what we are currently allotted for based on the current funding allocation.
0:16:16
We want to ensure that if we are to have a fully electric fleet by 2038, we then ramp up on our ability to be able to purchase electric vehicles going forward.
Lincoln Restler
0:16:26
And just reading the newspaper, it's appeared that we've seen a significant kind of we've seen shifts in the consumer market around electric vehicles where they become much more affordable.
0:16:38
And so it's surprising to me that we would make a cut at a time when we should we should be able to to purchase more electric vehicles at affordable rates.