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"Los Angeles is going to soon buy 160" clean "electric vehicles (BEV) and 128 elektrogibridov (PHEV)» - about this September 11, 2015 заявил at a special press conference Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. According to him, the move will give the city's largest municipal park EVs in America. To achieve this, a special program, under which it is planned to replace the exhausted its service life vehicles with conventional internal combustion engines for cars with electric motors. It is noteworthy that the announcement of this initiative comes just before the international climate summit, where leaders will participate in the US and China and which will be held in Los Angeles on September 15-16.




160 electric vehicles will be distributed among police, fire and utility companies and local plumbers and energy. In addition, representatives of public utilities and the Department of "water and energy" Los Angeles will be given another 128 elektrogibridov.
"Today we take another step towards becoming a Los Angeles, as the most developed city in America," - he said at the meeting the mayor Garcetti. "Already this year, it was in Los Angeles is the nation's largest fleet of electric vehicles that will save our taxpayers' money».


Last year, the mayor Garcetti approved the "Development Plan for the city» (Sustainable City p LA n), the event is primarily aimed at protecting the ecology of Los Angeles, and, oddly enough, the profit from this. According to this paragraph LA already in 2017 in the city 50% of all cars must be with an electric motor, and in 2025godu - 80% of all cars must be fleet of urban electric vehicles.


Los Angeles police said in addition to the 288 electric vehicles purchased electric cars Tesla Model S P85D and the BMW i3. These machines will be tested by technicians and experts of the police department to determine their characteristics and capabilities in terms of the future of their mass use in the power department. Note that in LA's police to patrol work has успешно apply 23 electric scooters and three electric motorcycle.
The head of the police department, "City of Angels" Charlie Beck noted that "they are proud of the fact that law enforcement officials pay more attention to the future of the city and that they would use electric vehicles." He also noted that this fact will not only take care of the environment, but also reduce the operating costs of the police department.


Total cops from Los Angeles will receive 100 "clean" electric vehicles, which will be one of the biggest corporate purchases to date. These vehicles will be distributed among the detectives, investigators and administrative staff.
Experts estimate that the purchase of electric vehicles can reduce by 41% the cost of maintenance of vehicles ($ 0, 21 per mile for electric vehicles compared to $ 0, 37 per mile for cars with conventional internal combustion engines). Savings Guide Los Angeles plans to spend on upgrading the city's transport infrastructure. This initiative will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. According to the experts in terms of environmental impact, said the purchase would be the equivalent of a lump planting 20,000 trees.

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