The Postal Service said it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.
FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. The Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks in its fleet and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026. The moves are a major boost for President Joe Bidens pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet.
The new plan"sets the postal fleet on a course for electrification, significantly reduces vehicles miles traveled in the network and places USPS at the forefront of the clean transportation revolution,” added John Podesta, a senior White House adviser.and the Postal Service is the largest fleet in the federal government with more than 220,000 vehicles, one-third of the overall U.S. fleet.
A plan announced by DeJoy in February would have made just 10% of the agency’s next-generation fleet electric. The Environmental Protection Agency criticized the Postal Service, an independent agency, for underestimating greenhouse gas emissions and failing to consider more environmentally sound alternatives.
Katherine García, director of the Sierra Club’s clean transportation campaign, called the plan announced Tuesday “a massive win for climate and public health” and a common-sense decision. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the Postal Service announcement “represents real progress,'' but said,"I’m still not ready yet to call this job finished. We must keep up the pressure until 100% of USPS’s delivery fleet runs on clean energy.''
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