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ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Following the approval of electrification rationale and implementation guidelines by the Dubuque City Council, city officials announced in January, 2023 their plans to replace every city-owned vehicle with an electric-powered alternative by 2045.

Under the guidelines, the city planned to replace 16% of its vehicles-including city-owed cars, SUVs, pick-up trucks, transit buses and short haul trucks--with electric ones by 2025. It was the goal to have half of the fleet of vehicles replaced by 2032. The new guidelines were aligned with the city's plan to reduce the community's carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2003 emission levels. At the time of the announcement, the city owned no electric vehicles. If department heads chose to replace a city vehicle with another gas-power vehicle the cost of carbon would have to be added to the cost of the vehicle at a rate of $30 per metric tons. As an example, a 2022 Ford Escape was estimated to have a life-cycle cost of carbon of $1,735 while an electric version of the same model had a life cycle carbon cost of $465.

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Source:

Kruse, John, "City of Dubuque Plans Electric Vehicle Fleet," ''Telegraph Herald'', January 13, 2023, p. 1A

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