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.
Because Congress forced it to, after DeJoy tried to lock in an order for millions of 4 mpg shitmobiles
I wonder if people understand what a massive threat this is. The destruction of the United States Postal Service would be catastrophic. These private companies that are circling around here rely on the Postal Service. A lot of them only do the final leg of deliveries, if even that. They rely on the postal service for a lot of the in-between work. Meaning of the Postal Service collapses as they seem to be trying to cause then they’ll be no one to cover the in-between Services except them. Meaning their prices will Skyrocket.
To anyone thinking they agree with DeJoy allow me to rephrase this:
USPS maintains that legislative action would be required to halt its EV plans wink wink, nudge nudge
At the same time, laws can be challenged by blue states in friendly courts, tying things up. That’s even if it passes. The house is down to 5 seats, many of them were mighty, mighty close. They will fuck us often mind you, but the mid hanging fruit will be hard to pluck. Rolling this back will affect 1000 jobs in Tennessee, so suddenly you have opposition in the GOP.
Just a reminder that Republicans have the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court of the US. Enjoy the fossil fuels.
I hear that if you huff gas enough it all makes sense.
Make Gasoline Leaded Again!
Gasoline
Oil
Petrol
I’m excited for when my post man gets one.
It’s still amazing that this South Carolina Republican would screw over his own constituents. For what benefit? To show loyalty to Trump? GOP is all about party over country.
I wonder if the new scout factory is his is district too. Interesting the state swoons these EV companies to invest in their state and then screw them over, actually not surprising it’s pretty on par for their party.
So now we’ll see that the president could have fired DeJoy all along.
Little boys want to have every vehicle go vroom vroom.
Do they have to make the mail trucks look so … dumb? I’m all for shifting to electric but those look ridiculous.
They may look odd but the drivers love them miles above the current vehicles and they were built with safety in mind first. So yes, they look like that on purpose
I can see how that deep windshield would help navigate tight spots / ensure you can see pets and children, low retaining walls, curbs, etc. These trucks mostly need to navigate surface streets and unfamiliar residential which can have tight spaces like long and narrow gravel driveways / access roads.
Makes total sense to me. Hope they have backup cameras too
What do they look like?
I think it looks neat, and we’ll all get use to it just like we got use to calling a Nintendo console a “Wii.”
The unique proportions are to maximize visibility and safety. It’s not just trying to be odd to make a statement or to differentiate it.
To hell with safety! Screw the comfort of the drivers that have to spend hours a day in it. Let’s make sure @bulwark never has to look at something they find displeasing.
I still think of the current LLVs as the “new” postal vehicles despite the newest of them having been built in 1994. When I was a kid they drove the cute little Jeeps.
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As long as they don’t go postal, all’s good
