WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, the U.S. General Services Administration ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles for the Federal fleet using $210 million of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  

This brings the total number of fuel-efficient vehicles ordered by GSA using ARRA funds to 17,205 at a cost of $287 million. The breakdown includes:

• 2,933 Chrysler vehicles ($53 million).

• 7,924 Ford vehicles ($129 million).

• 6,348 General Motors vehicles ($105 million).

"This order represents just one of the multiple ways we are helping our customers meet their economic recovery and green government initiatives," said Acting Administrator Paul Prouty.  

On April 9, GSA announced that by June 1 it would spend about $285 million in ARRA funds for commercially available fuel-efficient vehicles. Less than a week later on April 14, the agency ordered 3,100 fuel efficient hybrid vehicles, worth $77 million. By September 30, GSA said it will order $15 million worth of advanced technology buses and electric vehicles for use in the Federal fleet.

"GSA is committed to spending Recovery dollars quickly and wisely," said Commissioner James Williams of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service. "Simultaneously, we are focused on acquiring vehicles that will provide long-term environmental benefits and savings by increasing the fuel efficiency of the Federal fleet."  

Each new fuel-efficient vehicle replaces, on a one-for-one basis, operational motor vehicles in the federal inventory that met replacement standards. Each new vehicle will have a higher miles-per-gallon rating than the one it replaces, according to the GSA.