Summary

USPS plans to continue its EV transition despite resistance from Trump’s team.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy affirmed the $3 billion electrification effort, funded by last year’s climate bill, as “business sense,” with 75% of the fleet targeted for electrification by 2026.

Trump’s team aims to cancel contracts, favoring gas-powered vehicles.

USPS has ordered 66,000 EVs by 2028, including vehicles from Oshkosh and Ford.

While critics argue against high costs, USPS maintains that legislative action would be required to halt its EV plans, which aim to modernize its 217,000-vehicle fleet.

  • @[email protected]
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    13 hours ago

    The only sane thing DeJoy wants to do. The USPS fleet is grossly outdated and electric vehicles make perfect engineering sense for distribution routes with lots of stop/start and idling. It’ll lower their overall maintenance budget by tens of millions easy.

    • @[email protected]
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      9913 hours ago

      It’s happening despite DeJoy. He tried to commission ICEs with even worse mpg than the current fleet. Congress said hell no

      • @empty04
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        4411 hours ago

        despite DeJoy

        Exactly this. Scrapping of automated sorting machines and reversal of fleet electrification plans were the first two things he did back in 2020.

      • paraphrand
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        610 hours ago

        Sounds like simple math saved the day here.

        • @[email protected]
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          68 hours ago

          More like Democrats were able to stop republicans from purposely making government inefficient.

    • Atelopus-zeteki
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      2713 hours ago

      This is the weirdest timeline. Here I am agreeing with DeJoy, who I’ve advocated be removed from office, literally for YEARS. smh.

      • @Cenzorrll
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        1510 hours ago

        Nah, you’re good. They’re moving forward with this despite DeJoy

      • @[email protected]
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        2513 hours ago

        Even broken clocks that have been driven over by a semitruck can still be right twice a day.