USPS Floats Plan To Sharply Boost Planned EV Purchases After Outcry

July 21, 2022
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced a preliminary plan to at least quadruple its planned purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) responding to a barrage of criticism from environmentalists, states, EPA and Congress over its original plan to replace its aging delivery fleet with roughly 90 percent gasoline vehicles. With litigation over the initial USPS plan still pending in the federal courts, the plan announced July 20 is garnering praise even as groups are urging USPS to be even more...


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