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US Postal Service Delivery Trucks Are Going Electric
- USPS announces plans to buy at least 66,000 EV vehicles
- Marks turnaround from prior plans for gasoline-powered trucks
A USPS employee loads a mail delivery vehicle at a post office in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The US Postal Service will spend nearly $10 billion for new electric vehicles in a push to make its mail delivery fleet more environmentally friendly.
The agency will purchase 66,000 electric vehicles for its mail delivery fleet by 2028, according to a statement Tuesday. That represents about a quarter of USPS’s current level, and the postal service will continue exploring the potential to make its entire fleet electric.