GSA May Expand Electric Car Offerings

The federal government is looking to expand its electric car fleet. Federal Times reports that the General Services Administration has a solicitation out for 100 vehicles and could decide on the purchases before the end of December.

Among the cars GSA is considering are the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and the Wheego LiFe.

The agency also is soliciting industry comments on how to provide maintenance for electric vehicles, according to the report.

GSA leases most of its fleet of 200,000 vehicles to other agencies. Currently, in government, electric vehicles are used in small, isolated groups, the newspaper said.