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The big picture: The US Postal Service operates the government's largest fleet of vehicles so it's no surprise that under the Biden Administration, it's moving toward an all-electric fleet. However, reaching this point wasn't an easy task for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who initially struggled to justify the cost of switching to EVs. over 30 years old.
Their complaints are understandable: their vehicles lack modern safety features, often catch fire, don't have sufficient cargo capacity, and, perhaps worst of all, are not equipped with air conditioning. The new mail trucks are part of a 10-year, $40 billion transformation led by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. This initiative also includes renovating aging facilities and overhauling the processing and transportation network.
The vans have all the amenities the old fleet lacked, plus one more critical feature: they are electric. This marks a significant development for the Postal Service, which initially found the cost of..
. Skye Jacobs.
