TYPICAL FLEET VEHICLE - 3620.1

Typical fleet vehicles are two-door and four-door sedans with interior volume, passenger and luggage area combined, less than 110 cubic feet. Each agency's annual purchases that are powered solely by internal combustion engines utilizing fossil fuels, or that are powered by more than one source, such as a nonplug-in hybrid electric vehicles must average at least 38 Environmental Protection Agency combined city/highway mileage for passenger vehicles and 22.2 Environmental Protection Agency combined city/highway mileage for light duty trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles. The Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) may adjust the average miles per gallon (MPG) figure upward each year if examination of the mileage performance of vehicles that will meet the State's needs shows there will be at least two competing manufacturers that can meet higher mileage requirements. DGS may waive application of the standards if the State is unable to secure a competitively bid contract for a vehicle that meets both the needs of the department purchasing it, and the minimum MPG standard in this policy. Colors shall be solar reflective (white, silver metallic or gold metallic) unless the department is granted specific approval to use a non-solar reflective color by the Department of General Services, Office of Fleet and Asset Management. The following preapproved exemptions do not require a written request:

• Vehicles over 8,500 GVWR
• Vehicles that are NOT rated for highway speeds (e.g.: Gator, electric cart)
• Authorized Emergency vehicles, as defined in §165 of the Vehicle Code, that are equipped with emergency lamps or lights described in §25252 of the Vehicle Code.
• Vehicles that are modified for the purpose of providing services by a state entity to an individual with a disability or a developmental disability, as defined under the statutes or regulations governing that state entity; or, as a reasonable accommodation to an employee for a known physical or mental disability, as defined in Government Code Section 12926.