Obama Administration orders $210M worth of fuel efficient vehicles
Making good on U.S. President Barack Obama's promise to accelerate the greening of the federal fleet, the U.S. General Services Administration has ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles this month and will use $210 million in Recovery Act money to pay for them. The GSA said that it ordered the vehicles from General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, bringing the total of greener cars ordered since April to 17,205 and the total spending to $287 million.