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USPS buys 9,250 Ford E-Transit vans, 14,000 charge stations

workforce at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, vehicles will be operated by the largest electric fleet in the country serving communities on every street corner. Together with USPS, we are committing to cleaner air and a better planet,” said Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

Contracts totaling $260 million for the charging stations went to Blink Charging Co., Siemens Industry Inc., and Rexel USA Energy Solutions, the Postal Service said. Charging stations will be installed at several Postal Service facilities including sorting and delivery centers, starting in the third quarter of this year.

"We are moving forward with our plans to simultaneously improve our service, reduce our cost, grow our revenue, and improve the working environment for our employees. Electrification of our vehicle fleet is now an important component of these initiatives," said Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General."We have developed a strategy that mitigates both cost and risk of deployment – which enable execution on this initiative to begin now.

 

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USPS To Purchase 9,250 Ford E-Transit Electric Delivery VansIt also placed initial orders for more than 14,000 charging stations to be deployed across a minimum of 75 Postal Service facilities within the next 12 months.
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