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The New Mail Truck Situation Keeps Getting Dumber

Senate Republicans are attempting to scrap the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ongoing transition to all-electric vehicles on the grounds that the program is financially irresponsible. They want to scrap a ...
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That Time NASA Built an Electric Mail Truck in the 1970s

In the 1970s, NASA partnered with the U.S. Postal Service on an overlooked project that helped shape modern EV development.
SFGate

Have You Seen One Of The 5 Million Dollar Electric Postal Trucks?

OK, forgive me for the National Enquirer headline, but that is the actual cost of the USPS electric mail trucks in use so far. The cost per vehicle will go down as more are made, of course, but it's a ...
Yahoo

Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service

WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts ...
The Columbian

USPS’s electric fleet faces a U-turn

WASHINGTON — A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to ...