
The American Jobs Plan proposes building out EV charging infrastructure and electrifying transit buses, school buses, and the United States Postal Service.
The American Jobs Plan proposes building out EV charging infrastructure and electrifying transit buses, school buses, and the United States Postal Service.
There are many unanswered questions regarding Oshkosh Defense’s $6 billion contract with USPS, including whether an electric prototype or a “swappable” drivetrain even exists. Yet there are ways to achieve electrification of the USPS fleet and avoid living with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ham-handed decision for decades to come.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stated at a House appropriations subcommittee that with the proper funding, the USPS could increase the number of electric vehicles it orders.
Three Ohio lawmakers are urging President Biden to halt the USPS contract with OshKosh Defense after Postmaster DeJoy said only 10% of the postal truck fleet would be EVs.
The contract, which calls for putting 50,000 to 165,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles into service over 10 years, includes electric powertrains as well as internal combustion engines.
In a letter to President Biden, 13 senators recommended a stop order of the United States Postal Services’ (USPS) years-long vehicle acquisitions process in order to pursue electrification.
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A new investigation by Motherboard, Vice’s long-form investigative arm, claims more than 400 U.S. Postal Service delivery trucks have been damaged or destroyed by fires since May 2014.
House Democrats revealed the Moving Forward Act this week, which includes $25 billion in funding for the modernization of the Postal Service.
The Postal Service expects to award contract(s) for production of its new delivery vehicles this summer.