President Biden Wants to Replace Federal Fleet With EVs
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President Biden Wants to Replace Federal Fleet With EVs
President Joe Biden is a big proponent of electric vehicles, and he wants the U.S. to be an EV leader. Reuters (via Automotive News) reports that Biden vowed Monday to replace the approximately 650,000 vehicles in the federal government fleet. As of July 2020, just over 3000 federal vehicles were electric, so there's a long way to go before the whole fleet will go all-EV. But, with Ford and GM soon building electric vans and trucks, and startups like Rivian getting into that space, too, it's definitely possible. Not all federal vehicles need be trucks either, and there are plenty of smaller vehicles already on the market.
"The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America made by American workers," the President said. It's unclear if the Biden Administration is open to purchasing EVs from non-U.S. automakers designing and building cars here, or if they'll stick with American-owned companies.
Kia K900 and Cadenza Dead
With the new K5, Kia has shown it's not turning its back on sedans, but it is killing its two big, slow-selling models. Our colleagues at Car and Driver report that the K900 and Cadenza are dead for 2021. Hardly surprising given the two combined to sell just over 1500 units last year while the Kia moved over 12,000 Stingers. The large, rear-drive K900 luxury sedan was an especially curious inclusion, too, as Kia's parent company Hyundai is putting a lot of muscle behind its own upmarket brand, Genesis. Just 305 examples of the K900 were sold last year.
IndyCar Qualifying and Practice Coverage Moving to Peacock
Previously, NBC Sports offered coverage of IndyCar practice and qualifying with a $49.99 streaming package called NBC Sports Track Pass. Racer reports that Track Pass is going away, and in its place, that IndyCar coverage will be available on NBC's Peacock Premium streaming platform. Peacock Premium is bundled with some cable subscriptions, but otherwise, it's $4.99 per month. So, $10 more annually, but you also get everything else that Peacock Premium comes with—not just motorsports. There are a lot of changes happening at NBC, with its Sports network set to be shut down entirely by the end of the year.
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