---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2510"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2510"
heading: "Use of electric and hybrid vehicles by Federal agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2510"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration"
---

# §2510. Use of electric and hybrid vehicles by Federal agencies


The Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, the [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) of the General Services [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies shall—

- (1) carry out a study of the practicability of using electric and [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5) in the performance of some or all of the functions of their agencies; and
- (2) arrange for the introduction of electric and [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5) into their fleets as soon as possible.

For competitive procurement purposes in purchasing such vehicles, life-cycle costing and any beneficial air pollution control characteristics of electric and [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5) shall be fully taken into account. If the head of the agency involved determines that electric or [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5) are technologically practicable, but that they are not completely economically competitive with conventional vehicles, the Secretary of Energy may, for purposes of the demonstration program described in [section 2506 of this title](/usc/15/2506.md), pay to such agency the incremental costs of the electric or [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5), including differential operating costs.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–413, § 11, Sept. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Administrator” pursuant to section 301(a) of Pub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title.