{"id":25092,"date":"2022-12-21T19:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/21\/us-postal-service-announces-shift-toward-electric-delivery-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:07:53","slug":"us-postal-service-announces-shift-toward-electric-delivery-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/21\/us-postal-service-announces-shift-toward-electric-delivery-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"US Postal Service Announces Shift Toward Electric Delivery Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Photo: Oshkosh)<\/small><\/center>The United States Postal Service (USPS) isn\u2019t just busy delivering holiday packages; it\u2019s also working to revamp its fleet of ground delivery vehicles. The public mailing service has announced its intent to transition toward electric vehicles (EVs) in an effort to reduce its operations\u2019 greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced the agency\u2019s EV adoption strategy on Tuesday alongside a handful of Biden administration officials. Starting now, the USPS will begin replacing its aging fleet of 30-year-old delivery trucks\u2014most of which are said to lack air conditioning<\/a> and get approximately 10 MPG\u2014with 66,000 total EVs. Of these, 45,000 will be from defense contractor Oshkosh, which currently has a deal to provide the USPS with 60,000 updated delivery vehicles. The remainder of the agency\u2019s new electric fleet will come from mainstream automakers. By 2026, all new vehicles purchased by the USPS will be electric.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a statutory requirement to deliver mail and packages to 163 million addresses six days per week and to cover our costs in doing so,\u201d said<\/a> DeJoy during the announcement. \u201cIf we can achieve those objectives in a more environmentally responsible way, we will do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The existing USPS delivery fleet is largely made up of outdated, carbon-belching combustion vehicles. (Photo: Sam LaRussa\/Unsplash)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to DeJoy, the USPS will immediately begin integrating EV infrastructure into its facilities and preparing staff to use the new vehicles. The Postmaster, who was originally appointed by President Trump back in 2020, has been working to reduce the agency\u2019s carbon emissions via logistics improvements including route efficiency efforts, which reduce the amount of cargo shipped via air as well as ground vehicles\u2019 overall drive time.<\/p>\n

The $9.6 billion shift is supported in part by the Inflation Reduction Act, which is set to invest nearly $400 billion into energy security and climate change reduction efforts. The Biden administration has ordered federal agencies to purchase only emissions-free vehicles by 2035. While the agency\u2019s 66,000 electric delivery trucks and vans might make up just a fraction of its 220,000-vehicle force, they\u2019ll still comprise one of the country\u2019s largest EV fleets. The USPS is expected to continue adopting EVs past 2026 as well, with 108,000 zero-emissions vehicles total by 2028.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration and environmentalists hope seeing EVs involved in critical services like mail delivery will push combustion-versus-EV fence-sitters to consider their electric options more seriously. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful that the Postal Service will be at the forefront of the switch to clean electric vehicles, with postal workers as their ambassadors,\u201d John Podesta, White House senior adviser for clean energy innovation, said at the USPS\u2019s announcement. \u201cIt will get people thinking, \u2018If the postal worker delivering our Christmas presents\u2026is driving an EV, I can drive one, too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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