USPS is doubling its initial order of electric mail delivery trucks
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Photo by Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images The United States Postal Service announced its initial order of 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles, 10,019 of which will be battery-electric vehicles. It's a notable number considering the agency's resistance to calls for increasing the number of EVs in its future delivery fleet.
Originally, the postal service said it would purchase 165,000 next-generation mail trucks, only 10 percent of which will be battery-electric vehicles. President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats urged the agency to increase the number of EVs, but USPS determined there was no legal reason to change its plans.
Now, the postal service says it will increase its initial order of EVs from 5,000 to 10,019, determining it makes good sense from an operational...