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December 20, 2022 05:34 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/23518692/us-postal-service-ev-electric-delivery-trucks-biden-infrastructure-2026
US Postal Service to purchase 66,000 electric delivery vehicles in major shift
The United States Postal Service said that it will add 66,000 fully electric delivery vehicles to its aging and polluting fleet of trucks. The mail agency agreed to spend $9.6 billion on 106,000 “next generation delivery vehicles,” which includes $3 billion secured through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. After 2026, USPS will only purchase EVs.
It’s a significant shift from the USPS’s previous proposal, which included only 40 percent EVs out of a full order of 84,000 delivery vehicles. And that deal came after an even less climate-friendly one that would have only seen 10,019 EVs being added to the fleet. But the constant pushback from Democrats and the Biden administration, which is requiring all federal vehicle...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/23518692/us-postal-service-ev-electric-delivery-trucks-biden-infrastructure-2026
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