Alternative-Fueled Vehicles: Progress Made in Accelerating Federal
Purchases, but Benefits and Costs Remain Uncertain (Chapter Report,
07/15/94, GAO/RCED-94-161).

To reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and improve air quality,
federal agencies have pioneered the use of vehicles fueled by ethanol,
natural gas, methanol, propane, and electricity. Federal agencies now
manage a fleet of about 7,800 cars, trucks, and vans that use
alternative fuels.  Wider public acceptance of these vehicles, however,
has been stymied by a shortage of convenient refueling stations; high
costs; and uncertainties surrounding the economic, environmental, and
other benefits of alternative fuels.  This report (1) identifies
uncertainties about the benefits and costs of using alternative fuels;
(2) assesses federal efforts to encourage the development of refueling
facilities for such fuels; (3) reviews federal efforts to accelerate
acquisitions of alternative-fueled vehicles; and (4) evaluates efforts
to coordinate federal, state, and local alternative fuels programs.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-161
     TITLE:  Alternative-Fueled Vehicles: Progress Made in Accelerating 
             Federal Purchases, but Benefits and Costs Remain
             Uncertain
      DATE:  07/15/94
   SUBJECT:  Motor vehicle pollution control
             Alternative energy sources
             Fuel research
             Motor vehicles
             Fuel gas industry
             Automobile industry
             Cost effectiveness analysis
             Economic analysis
             Federal/state relations
             Life cycle costs
IDENTIFIER:  DOE Clean Cities Program
             GSA Vehicle Tracking System
             EPA Clean Fuel Fleet Program
             Presidential Clean Cities Initiative
             DOE Domestic Gas and Oil Initiative
             DOE Alternative Fuels Program
             EPA Inherently Low Emission Vehicle Program
             
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