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New DDPS directives: electric vehicles for the federal administration
Bern, 04.02.2021 - The head of the DDPS, Federal Councillor Viola Amherd, has issued new regulations for the procurement of vehicles for the federal administration.
In order to reduce CO2 emissions, the DDPS will in principle only procure purely electrically powered vehicles for the departments from this year. This measure was adopted
as part of the Federal Council's climate package for the Federal Administration.
The Federal Administration has civilian registered vehicles for the performance of its tasks. These vehicles are ordered by the individual administrative units from the Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse as the central procurement agency, which belongs to the DDPS.
Measures to reduce CO2 emissions
In order to sustainably reduce the CO2 emissions of these vehicles and to increase environmental protection, the DDPS adapted the directives on the ecological principles of procurement and use of administrative vehicles at the beginning of the year. In principle, only purely electrically powered vehicles will be procured. According to the directives, the term "purely electrically powered vehicle" includes purely battery-powered vehicles and fuel cell vehicles powered by hydrogen or methanol. Equivalent to these are vehicles that are operated with another, equivalent CO2-neutral technology.
The purchase of fossil fuel vehicles remains possible in justified cases, especially where electric vehicles that meet the requirements are not yet available. For exceptions, approval must be obtained from the relevant General Secretariat of the departments.
The federal administration currently has a total of around 1500 civilian registered vehicles. Of these, around 40 are currently purely electrically powered.
Between 150 and 200 administrative vehicles are procured each year, of which nine were purely electric in 2019.
Climate package for lower greenhouse gas emissions by the federal administration
The revision of the DDPS directives was triggered by the Federal Council resolutions on the Federal Administration Climate Package of July 3, 2019 and December 13, 2019, in which the Federal Council committed the civilian Federal Administration to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2030 compared to 2006 and the DDPS to a reduction of at least 40% compared to 2001."
Neue Weisungen des VBS: Elektrofahrzeuge für die Bundesverwaltung