The mail agency will replace 90% of its fleet with gasoline delivery trucks
The Postal Service's next-generation delivery vehicle. Photo: Courtesy of OshKosh Defense
The initial order includes 5,000 EVs, starting in 2023, with the opportunity to increase the number of EVs later "should additional funding become available," a USPS spokewoman says. The EPA says USPS used "wildly inaccurate gas prices that made owning a gas-powered truck seem comparatively cheap," perThe Postal Service projected gas prices of $2.19 per gallon, rising to $2.55 by 2040, for example. But gas prices were already above $2.80 a gallon when it did the analysis, the EPA said.
"Beyond the deeply flawed climate and air pollution analysis, the environmental review appears to be analyzing economic conditions like fuel prices, battery prices, and other inputs from a fantasyland, rather than reality."Postmaster General and USPS CEO Louis DeJoy says the agency's decision was "fiscally responsible" and that postal workers couldn't wait any longer for safer, modern vehicles.
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