USPS says it will buy 5,000 electric mail trucks after Biden, EPA criticism

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The U.S. Postal Service said it will buy at least 5,000 electric delivery trucks after President Biden and the EPA urged it to electrify its fleet.

"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," said Postmaster General and USPS Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy.

""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."In response to a report that the NGDV only achieves a fuel efficiency of 8.6 mpg in typical use, compared to the Grumman's 8.

 

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They look tall. I can see tree branches taking out the windshield and the top of the roof.

My tax $$ at work?

Phoenix is July and Duluth in January. They will work so well.

Why not, it's only tax payers money.

Great work President Biden

Will the battery last all day when a/c or heater is in use?

Bulletproof windshield standard? WeDeliverForYou AshWebsterFBN Varneyco

I hope my dog doesn’t bark at the electric vehicle when they past.

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