SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A group of San Francisco Bay Area cities, counties and water agencies has joined forces for what is being billed as one of the largest single government purchases of all-electric vehicles in the country.
The six cities, two counties and two water agencies have united to buy 90 electric vehicles with the help of a $2.8 million grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional transportation agency, officials with the Bay Area Climate Collaborative said Tuesday.
The vehicles will save more than $500,000 in fuel costs and about 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over five years, Bay Area Climate Collaborative Executive Director Rafael Reyes said.
The collaborative – a public-private initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that was started by three Bay Area mayors – developed the proposal for funding that was submitted to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
“The Bay Area is clearly in a leadership role here,” Reyes said.