The U.S. Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle is displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 5, 2022 in Las Vegas. on Tuesday announced billions of dollars in new spending to switch from gas-powered mail trucks to new electric vehicles within the next five years, furthering President Biden's green agenda. next generation of mail delivery trucks
, of which at least 66,000 will be battery electric vehicles. Included in that funding is $3 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act, which allocated a total of $369 billion toward climate and energy policies taken from Biden's Build Back Better plan. "The $3 billion provided by Congress has significantly reduced the risk associated with accelerating the implementation of a nationwide infrastructure necessary to electrify our delivery fleet," said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
The Postal Service said the new electric vehicles will begin to replace its aging delivery fleet of over 220,000 mail trucks. The funding will also be spent on constructing tens of thousands of charging stations. The agency hopes that by 2026 all its newly purchased mail delivery trucks
The Postal Service need to invest in how to make a profit and quit bleeding money.
Ballot Harvesting requires the USPS so they receive increased funding
elonmusk 🤝
Unbelievable!! SenateGOP
HOW MANY WILL CATCH ON FIRE?
That way the can quietly lose your mail.
Service still sux
The US Postal service was created by the US Government as a “service” to benefit the United States. It was not created to make a profit. It is essential to keep US commerce flowing, period.
How are we going to charge them all? Will the power grid support the charging? Where will the electricity come from? Is fossil fuel used to generate electricity? How much fossil fuel was used in the mining of the minerals for the batteries? ElectricVehicles are not green.
how about they invest in getting packages delivered in a timely manner
Privatize this government black hole!!
This is a decent place for an electric replacement. Not going to save any money at all but at least we are saving the world by eliminating the least polluting things first. 🤦♂️
But is the driver seat still on the right?