On Tuesday, the United States Postal Service has said that it has an intent of purchasing as many as 66,000 electric vehicles for delivery as it is going to help in pushing to transform the delivery feet into electric vehicles.
This electric vehicles would then total over half of the 106,000 vehicles which is going to be huge if it happens between now and 2028 as per the plan. The new vehicles are going to start replacing the aging fleet.
There has been a lot of pressure from the environmentalists for electrifying their fleet. In the month of April, the environmental groups have filed a suit against USPS for their failure of conducting an analysis with consideration to environment before deciding to replace the vehicle fleet with a more fuel oriented fleet.
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The statement has also said that now instead of receiving pollution with the packages, the communities will now get a cleaner air relief.
USPS has further said that the investment which it has made is going to reach close to $9.6 billion and about one third of that amount comes from the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding is going to help the Postal service build what will have the potential to be among the biggest electric vehicle fleets in the United States as per their statement. They further said that they have a statutory compliance of delivering mail to as many as 163 million address and do so six days in a week and also cover the costs while they are doing so. They further said that their target is going to be to achieve that target in the most environment friendly manner and help in the growth of the sustainable development of the country while they can do so in a cost effective manner for the USPS.