New Senate bill would speed Pentagon purchase of electric non-tactical vehicles
Legislation would require the 75% of the department's FY23 non-tactical vehicle purchases to be electric or zero-emissions.
Legislation would require the 75% of the department's FY23 non-tactical vehicle purchases to be electric or zero-emissions.
The bill to add $25 billion, mostly for Navy shipyards, faces long odds in the Senate this week, but it reflects lawmakers' impatience with the Pentagon's proposals.
“We’ve heard these are national treasures,” Rep. John Garamendi said of the military's maintenance depots. “And yet, the ... organic industrial base infrastructure is chronically underfunded to the point these facilities are relics of the past.”