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USPS electric vehicle fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built

WASHINGTON — The US Postal Service’s promised all-electric fleet is still woefully behind schedule, with more than $3 billion in taxpayer funding out the door and just 612 of the expected 35,000 ...
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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 ...

Inside the Federal Government’s Retreat From Electric Vehicles

Nine months after President Trump’s executive order, EVs and chargers are being shut down across the federal fleet.
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USPS electric vehicle fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built

WASHINGTON —The US Postal Service has spent more than $3 billion in tax dollars on a brand-new all-electric fleet of mail trucks — and gotten just 612 vehicles for its money, according to a letter ...