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RCED-94-161 Alternative-Fueled Vehicles: Progress Made in Accelerating Federal Purchases, but Benefits and Costs Remain Uncertain
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the federal government's support of alternative-fueled vehicles, focusing on: (1) uncertainties relating to the overall benefits and costs of using alternative fuels; (2) federal encouragement of the development of alternative refueling facilities; (3) federal efforts to accelerate acquisitions of alternative-fueled vehicles; and (4) the coordination of federal, state, and local alternative fuels programs. GAO found that: (1) alternative-fueled vehicles' pollution control, energy security, and economic costs and benefits need to be evaluated further; (2) neither the Department of Energy (DOE) nor the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conducted a comprehensive life-cycle cost analysis of alternative fuel use; (3) federal encouragement of alternative refueling facilities has met with limited success because the vehicles are not geographically concentrated; (4) DOE and the General Services Administration have a number of options to increase alternative-fueled vehicle use; (5) the DOE Clean Cities Program could encourage more development of refueling facilities, but faces leadership, policy, and funding problems; (6) DOE believes that the federal government will not meet its accelerated targets for acquiring alternative-fueled vehicles and the government will rely on less costly conversion of existing vehicles; (7) federal agencies have had some success in coordinating their alternative-fuels program with state and local programs, but problems remain; and (8) state and local officials would like clearer EPA guidelines on alternative fuels programs credits, DOE technical guidance on alternative-fueled vehicles, and a comprehensive source for financial assistance information.