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Three federal agencies in Kansas recently added hybrid vehicles to its fleet. Hybrid vehicles including the fleet of federal agencies 2007 Saturn Aura Green Line cars. Two units of hybrid car were already delivered to different federal agencies in Kansas.

Two units of the 2007 Saturn Aura Green Line were delivered by the General Services Administration (GSA) United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 in Kansas City, Kansas. One of them be used by the EPA, while the other is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) office in Kansas City, Missouri. The third vehicle will be delivered the fleet of the GSA in Kansas City, Mo.

Romell Cooks, regional administrator of the NHTSA's Central Region, received the keys to the Aura hybrid. "If While safety of the motoring public is a key concern of the NHTSA, we are equally concerned about the fuel efficiency of our passenger vehicles and light trucks, "said Cook." This type of vehicles will make a difference. "

Apart from the three hybrid vehicles, the GSA has ordered 50 units throughout the Saturn Aura Green Line. Vehicles will be delivered by GSA to different federal agencies across the country. The Aura Green Line became an option obvious to federal agencies in Kansas City, Kansas, due to the fact that these vehicles were built at General Motors assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas.

The supply of hybrid vehicles in connection with Executive Order 13,423, signed by President George W. Bush, mandates federal agencies to increase use of alternative fuel vehicles in its fleet to ten percent each year. So far, the GSA management is the division of the fleet has already delivered 3581 units alternative fuel vehicles and 20 biodiesel vehicles to federal agencies.

Administrator John Askew accepted the keys title = "Saturn center shoulder seatbelt"> center shoulder belt equipped Saturn Aura Green Line to EPA Region 7. Askew has this to say after receiving the hybrid car: "Use of fuel efficient vehicles like the Saturn hybrid we are receiving today is meaningless. Not only protect the environment by reducing emissions, but using less fuel strengthens our energy security. "

While Consequently, the GSA Heartland Region Administrator Bradley M. Scott has this to say: "GSA is proud to join EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as leaders government in the use and support vehicles environmentally friendly, and we expect the supply of energy efficient and alternative fuel vehicles vehicles use more federal agencies in the future. "

Besides mandating a ten percent increase in the use of alternative fuel vehicle Executive Order also directs Federal agencies across the country with more than 20 motor vehicles to reduce petroleum fuel consumption by as much as two per percent each year. The policy is maintained until 2015.

The Aura Green Line is the hybrid version of the current North American Car of the Year. Saturn Auras issued by GSA to the three federal agencies are seen as a good step for the government to take on the current situation. Environmentalists have been pressing for the widespread use of alternative fuel vehicles because these vehicles are more favorable environment than conventional vehicles that run on fuels derived oil. The Saturn Aura Green Line, according to General Motors, has a mileage of 35 miles per gallon. This figure means that federal agencies are consumed less fuel compared to none of hybrid vehicles.

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