Michigan Governor Orders All Vehicles in Fleet to Be Fully Electric

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive ordering the entire state fleet of government vehicles to be zero-emission, or fully electric. Under Ms. Whitmer’s executive directive, signed on Dec. 5, all light-duty vehicles in the state fleet must be zero-emission electric vehicles by 2033. Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the state fleet will have a longer transition period, having to go full electric by 2040. “Michigan is on the cutting-edge of mobility and electrification,” Ms. Whitmer wrote in the directive, which comes on the heels of a series of bills the governor signed aiming to make Michigan the Midwest’s most aggressive clean energy state....