COURSE, GAS PRICES, WHICH IMPACT DELIVERY. WELL, ACCELERATING PLANS ON THE FUTURE. A CITY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY IS REPLACING A PORTION OF ITS CARS TO EITHER HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. CITY LEADERS SAY THAT THIS MOVE WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR TAXPAYERS. WLWT. NEWS 5 DANIELLE DINDAK EXPLAINS FROM COVINGTON. COVINGTON IS MAKING A SHIFT IN ITS FLEET, AND UNDER THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM, PART OF THE CITY’S POLICE CARS ARE GOING ELECTRIC. AS WE CYCLE NEW VEHICLES IN AND REPLACE VEHICLES, FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CAN WE MODERNIZE OUR FLEET? HOW CAN WE HAVE EFFICIENCY? HOW CAN WE SAVE COSTS ON FUEL WITH EVER RISING FUEL COSTS AND MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT’S COVINGTON POLICE CHIEF JUSTIN WHEAT HOLDER. HE SAYS THE IDEA HERE IS TO SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN LIGHT OF RISING FUEL COSTS, WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF POLICING. UNDER THE PROGRAM, HIS DEPARTMENT WILL GET TWO HYBRID SEDANS IN SEVEN TESLA MODEL YS COVINGTON FIRE WILL RECEIVE TWO EV TRUCKS. AND AS FOR THE CITY’S CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR ELECTRIC SUVS. LOOKING AT THE OVERALL NUMBER, THAT TOTALS OUT TO 7% OF THE CITY’S FLEET, THAT WILL BE EITHER HYBRID OR FULLY ELECTRIC, ACCORDING TO MAYOR RON WASHINGTON. THE SAVINGS THE CITY IS EXPECTING WITH THIS MOVE FUELED THE DECISION. LET’S FACE IT, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE GAS PUMPS RIGHT NOW. NOW, A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH WAS DONE BEFORE WE’VE SEEN THIS CONFLICT WORLDWIDE. AND OUR RESEARCH BEFORE THE CONFLICT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS MONEY SAVINGS HERE. YOU KNOW, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT $23,000 A YEAR OVER THE LIFE OF THIS PROGRAM, TALKING $123,000. SO REAL MONEY, REAL SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS. ONCE AGAIN, ALL 15 CARS THAT THE CITY IS REPLACING IS A PART OF THE CITY’S NORMAL FLEET LIFE CYCLE, MEANING THAT THESE CARS WOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. REGARDLESS. THERE IS NO TIMELINE FOR