david robertsDec 21, 2022

I just want to reiterate that this fucking rules.

Unironically: thanks, Biden.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/20/usps-ev-vehicles/

Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden

The U.S. Postal Service plans to spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric vehicles and the related infrastructure.

The Washington Post
Show threaddavid robertsDec 21, 2022
If you want to know why this rules, read this piece I wrote back in 2020 about the many, many benefits of electrifying USPS vehicles. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/4/22/21229132/usps-coronavirus-electrify-postal-trucks
USPS and coronavirus: A no-brainer stimulus idea is to electrify mail trucks

Electric vehicles for the US Postal Service would reduce noise, air, and carbon pollution in every community.

Vox
Show threaddavid robertsDec 21, 2022

How many US communities receive visits from USPS mail trucks?

All of them.

How many US communities will see a reduction in noise & particulate pollution from this policy?

All of them.

Show threaddavid robertsDec 21, 2022
How many Americans who have never seen an EV in person will now get to witness one working? How many will hear about those new EVs from the proud USPS employees driving them, or see them parked by chargers at the post office?
Show threaddavid robertsDec 21, 2022
Current USPS vehicles were built almost 30 years ago.
Show thread🏴‍☠️🌻TurboKitty🌻🏴‍☠️🇵🇸
@drvolts My husband is driving one that's on its last legs. No heat in the winter and we get temps in the low 20sF and no air in the summer, with temps as high as 118F. I think it's cruel and unusual punishment for postal workers to be treated this way.
Dec 21, 2022 at 6:28amWeb