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.
I need to know how anyone thinks ICE vehicles makes sense given these facts. Unless it’s some kind of bribe.
It’s literally a bribe. Fossil fuel companies handsomely funded Trump, publicly. ICE companies are courting him now.
The ostensible justification is that EVs are woke nonsense, like wind power. That’s it. But really they don’t even bother with that anymore, no explanation is required.