vehicle purchase announcement, USPS also said it placed initial orders for more than 14,000 charging stations to be deployed at Postal Service facilities. The agency said it plans to begin building out its charging infrastructure across a minimum of 75 locations within the next 12 months.
Following this first step, USPS said it will continue the infrastructure build out in the succeeding years at many additional facilities as a part of its delivery vehicle electrification strategy.vehicle electrification strategy announced by USPS in December 2022 in the presence of senior White House officials. Overall, the Postal Service's total investment in vehicles is expected to reach $9.6 billion, including $3 billion from Inflation Reduction Act funds.
The USPS isn't purchasing only battery electric vehicles, mind you. As part of the earliest stages of the delivery vehicle replacement plan, a contract for 9,250 commercial-off-the-shelf internal combustion engine vehicles will also be"concurrently awarded to fill the urgent need for vehicles."Reuters
report, it's Stellantis. The contract is reportedly for 2024 model year Ram ProMaster vans, but not theMore stories on fleet purchases of electric delivery vans