Trump aims to cancel contracts for new EVs for the US Postal Service, but the postmaster general says he defends its electrification plans and won’t return any funding for EVs – unless Congress forces the issue, of course.

Summary

USPS plans to continue its EV transition despite resistance from Trump’s team.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy affirmed the $3 billion electrification effort, funded by last year’s climate bill, as “business sense,” with 75% of the fleet targeted for electrification by 2026.

Trump’s team aims to cancel contracts, favoring gas-powered vehicles.

USPS has ordered 66,000 EVs by 2028, including vehicles from Oshkosh and Ford.

While critics argue against high costs, USPS maintains that legislative action would be required to halt its EV plans, which aim to modernize its 217,000-vehicle fleet.

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1585·
    7 days ago

    The only sane thing DeJoy wants to do. The USPS fleet is grossly outdated and electric vehicles make perfect engineering sense for distribution routes with lots of stop/start and idling. It’ll lower their overall maintenance budget by tens of millions easy.

    • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
      118·
      7 days ago

      It’s happening despite DeJoy. He tried to commission ICEs with even worse mpg than the current fleet. Congress said hell no

      • empty04@lemmy.world
        62·
        7 days ago

        despite DeJoy

        Exactly this. Scrapping of automated sorting machines and reversal of fleet electrification plans were the first two things he did back in 2020.

        • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
          13·
          7 days ago

          More like Democrats were able to stop republicans from purposely making government inefficient.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        2·
        6 days ago

        Which ones were that? I know the ICE version of the NGDV was publicized as having similar gas mileage to the current LLV models, but that’s with aircon turned on. The LLVs don’t even have aircon.

        • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          It’s kinda hard to get worse MPG than the current LLV. The old iron duke engine aint exactly efficient. Plus the NGDV is a bigger car that can carry more. So if it gets the same MPG but is doing more work then is it really worse?

          • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 days ago

            Curb weight is an enormous efficiency factor for stop-and-go without regenerative braking. Old vehicles can be surprisingly efficient in certain areas if they’re light.

            I guess it depends on how much more it carries, but it’s also “wasting” energy moving so much more around at once.

    • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
      281·
      7 days ago

      This is the weirdest timeline. Here I am agreeing with DeJoy, who I’ve advocated be removed from office, literally for YEARS. smh.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        7·
        6 days ago

        It’s literally a bribe. Fossil fuel companies handsomely funded Trump, publicly. ICE companies are courting him now.

        The ostensible justification is that EVs are woke nonsense, like wind power. That’s it. But really they don’t even bother with that anymore, no explanation is required.