BISBEE, AZ - Following years of successful practices in saving county dollars in fuel usage, Cochise County employee transportation is traveling down a new road. As of September 15, 2008 a white compact Toyota Prius Hybrid will be wearing the County seal.
 County Board Chairman Richard Searle and County supervisor Pat Call. |
The County purchased the hybrid to add to the pool of Fleet vehicles employees could reserve for out of town trips. Hybrid vehicles have proven to perform well on long-distance trips on non-rural road surfaces such as highways and freeways. With regards to functionality, the Prius will not be used for regular trips on dirt roads or roads requiring stronger suspensions and four-wheel drive.
The use of the hybrid will supplement the overall decrease the County fleet is already experiencing with regards to fuel usage (about 2% or $20,195 over the last year). But the bigger savings has still been proven by the County’s forethought in switching to smaller sedans for everyday use years ago.
The purchase of the hybrid is part of an all-inclusive county fuel savings plan which includes switching out pickup trucks for sedans for personnel who accumulate more mileage and don’t need a pick up truck to perform their duties, down sizing full size trucks to smaller trucks where appropriate, training employees in defensive driving and encouraging personal and business-related carpooling options.
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