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On 2024-12-27 18:40, AlleyCat wrote:
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> BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION (NOT Trump) Announces Historic
> Investment To Electrify U.S. Postal Service Fleet

"Today, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced..."

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> The Postal Service's Electric Mail Trucks Are Way Behind Schedule
> 
> Defense Contractor Oshkosh Had Only Delivered 93 Trucks By November
> - Compared To 3,000 Originally Expected By Now. The Delays Put
> Biden's Climate Goals At Risk.
> 
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/11/biden-usps-ev-
> oshkosh-climate/
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> https://archive.ph/2024.12.13-124120/https:/www.washingtonpost.com/
> business/2024/12/11/biden-usps-ev-oshkosh-climate/
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> Today, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced an historic, $9.6
> billion investment over the next five years to electrify its
> delivery fleet. The USPS investment includes electrifying 75% of its
> new purpose-built Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) and a
> commitment to acquire 100% electric NGDVs starting in 2026. This
> $9.6 billion investment - which includes $3 billion in funding from
> the Inflation Reduction Act - installs modern charging
> infrastructure at hundreds of USPS facilities, electrifies 66,000
> delivery vehicles, and modernizes mail delivery by creating a
> smarter network to more efficiently reach its 163 million delivery
> locations across the country and further strengthen the
> sustainability of this critical public service.
> 
> Earlier this year, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction
> Act to help bring down everyday costs - including costs for energy.
> The Inflation Reduction Act's once-in-a-generation investment in
> America's infrastructure delivers the most significant action ever
> to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen U.S. energy security,
> including $3 billion to modernize the USPS delivery fleet. The USPS
> actions announced today sustain reliable mail service to Americans
> while modernizing the fleet, reducing operating costs, increasing
> clean air in our neighborhoods, creating jobs, and improving public
> health.
> 
> President Biden's ambitious goal for 50% of new vehicles sold in
> 2030 to be electric has accelerated investments and jumpstarted the
> EV market in America. Since President Biden took office, U.S.
> electric vehicle sales tripled and are now higher than ever before.
> One year ago, through the President's Executive Order on Catalyzing
> Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, the
> Biden-Harris Administration released the most ambitious
> sustainability plan ever, establishing a goal for 100% acquisition
> of zero emission light-duty vehicles by 2027 and medium- and heavy-
> duty vehicles by 2035.
> 
> With today's announcement, USPS will exceed President Biden's
> requirement for each agency to electrify its Federal fleet. Over the
> next five years, the Postal Service will purchase 45,000 specialized
> USPS NGDV electric vehicles and 21,000 commercial off-the-shelf
> electric vehicles.
> 
> "We commend the U.S. Postal Service," said John Podesta, Senior
> Advisor to the President. "The USPS plan leverages the $3 billion
> provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to hit the target of 100%
> electric delivery vehicle purchases in 2026, sets the postal fleet
> on a course for electrification, significantly reduces vehicles
> miles traveled in the network, and places USPS at the forefront of
> the clean transportation revolution."
> 
> The U.S. government operates the largest vehicle fleet in the world,
> and USPS is the largest vehicle fleet in the Federal government.
> Through today's action, USPS sets the bar for the rest of the
> Federal government, and, importantly, the rest of the world.
> 
> In the bold modernization plan unveiled today, the USPS invests the
> full $3 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds to increase
> ambition and pace in electrifying its fleet, including $1.3 billion
> for electric delivery vehicles and $1.7 billion for charging
> infrastructure. Coupled with $6.6 billion in USPS funds, the overall
> $9.6 billion, 100,000-vehicle modernization plan results in 66,000
> electric delivery vehicles and tens of thousands of charging
> stations through 2028, and a target of acquiring only electric
> delivery vehicles after 2026.
> 
> "The U.S. Postal Service plan sets the pace for other leading public
> and private sector fleets. It is clear that the future of
> transportation is electric - and that future is here," said Council
> on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory. "As electric mail
> trucks hit routes across the country, neighborhoods will see cleaner
> air, better health, and good-paying clean energy jobs."
> 
> "Moving packages from point A to point B in a way that's cleaner,
> more cost-effective, and accelerating toward an electric vehicle
> future stamped 'Made in America," said the President's National
> Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi. "This is the Biden climate strategy on
> wheels, and the U.S. Postal Service delivering for the American
> people."
> 
> With this announcement, USPS demonstrates how it is leading by
> example for the Federal Government in achieving President Biden's
> charge to electrify the U.S. Government's 650,000 vehicles.
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> 
> Trump WINS!
> 
> Donald Trump is the 47th U.S. president, defeating Vice President
> Kamala Harris.
> 
> Republican Donald Trump was elected President of the United States
> in the 2024 election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
> 
> Trump, 78, will begin his second term early next year.
> 
> Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the U.S. President on Monday,
> January 20, 2025, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in
> Washington, D.C.
> 
> A Second Trump Administration