President Joe Biden plans to switch the federal government’s fleet of automobiles and vehicles with electrical autos assembled within the U.S., he mentioned Monday when signing a brand new “Buy American” executive order.

The federal government is a serious purchaser of autos. Nevertheless, changing such a fleet with American-produced EVs will probably be expensive and take time. There are presently solely a handful of all-electric autos being assembled within the U.S. Tesla, General Motors and Nissan Motor produce EVs domestically, whereas Ford Motor and others have introduced plans to take action.

“The present choices are fairly slim, however the business’s about to unleash an avalanche of latest product, and numerous it in-built North America,” Kristin Dziczek, vp of business, labor and economics on the Middle for Automotive Analysis, advised CNBC. “Nearly each U.S. plant goes to have a hybrid or electrical product.”

It is unclear whether or not Biden’s plan consists of plug-in hybrid electrical autos, which use a mix of EV motors and conventional inside combustion engines. When discussing the plans, he referred to the brand new fleet being made up of electrical autos “which can be web zero emissions.”

The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Biden didn’t specify a time-frame for switching the federal government’s “monumental fleet” to EVs, which value considerably greater than conventional autos. He mentioned the fleet changeover will help his administration’s plan to create 1 million new jobs within the U.S. auto business.

Biden additionally introduced plans for stricter use of American-made components in government-purchased autos, which is able to make it much more tough to change over the fleet. He mentioned the present requirements require a automobile’s components be at the very least 50% from the U.S.

“The content material threshold of fifty% [isn’t] excessive sufficient, and the way in which we measure the content material would not account for U.S. jobs and financial exercise,” Biden mentioned. “We will change that as nicely. The chief motion I am signing at present is not going to solely require the businesses make extra of their parts in America, however that the worth of these parts is contributing to our financial system, measured by issues like a lot of American jobs created and/or supported.”

GM, in a press release, mentioned it’s “inspired by President Biden’s dedication to supporting American manufacturing and appears ahead to reviewing the main points of the order.”

Ford, which final 12 months launched a “Built for America” ad campaign, mentioned it “believes that investing in America, its individuals, items and providers, should be a nationwide mission.”

Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.