The Postal Service's plan to purchase thousands of gas-powered vehicles has drawn strong opposition from the Biden administration and environmental groups.
The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday completed a final regulatory requirement on its plan to replace its delivery fleet with thousands of gas-powered vehicles.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump ally who was nominated to the position in 2020, pledged last year to convert just 10% of its new trucks to electric power.A U.S. Postal Service worker prepares packages for delivery during Cyber Monday in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.The U.S.
The Postal Service operates roughly 230,000 vehicles, making up one-third of the country's entire federal fleet. Earlier this month, the EPA and the White House Council on Environmental Quality urged the Postal Service toThe organization has now completed the evaluation, putting it on track to deliver the first of the new vehicles next year, which will include at least 5,000 electric-powered vehicles.
"Our commitment to an electric fleet remains ambitious given the pressing vehicle and safety needs of our aging fleet as well as our fragile financial condition," DeJoyDeJoy added that the Postal Service can purchase more electric vehicles under the plan if additional funding "from either internal or congressional sources becomes available."and cut the government's carbon emissions by 65% by mid-century.