The debt-laden agency claimed that with enough government funds it could electrify 70% of its fleet by the end of the decade.
from the Biden Administration and environmental groups over its decision to prioritize new, gas-guzzling mail trucks, the United States Postal service wants people to know it is indeed still committed to electric vehicles… if only it had more money!Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program would add 5,000 electric vehicles to its fleet and claimed it hoped to achieve a 70% electric fleet by the end of the decade. Those are bold statements considering the agencysaid it would spend $11.
“Absent such funding, we must make fiscally responsible decisions that result in the needed introduction of safer and environmentally cleaner vehicles for the men and women who deliver America’s mail,” DeJoy said. “Our commitment to an electric fleet remains ambitious given the pressing vehicle and safety needs of our aging fleet as well as our dire financial condition.”
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