The Postal Service is set to roll out 34,000 electric mail trucks in the coming years, and it’s transforming its operations to make them go
ATLANTA — The grandest experiment of the government’s sprint to electrify its vehicle fleet is happening here, a 1 million-square-foot warehouse leased by the U.S. Postal Service in the outer reaches of Atlanta.
The fleet decision was particularly fraught. The House Oversight and Reform Committee vowed to investigate the Postal Service’s truck purchases, an inquiry cut short by Republican victories in the lower chamber in the midterm elections. Sixteen states and two environmental advocacy groups have ongoing lawsuits challenging the Postal Service’s ecological analysis of the trucks.
Facilities to accommodate EVs are either brand new or frequently being rebuilt, and logistics companies compete strenuously for top real estate. The Postal Service, unique in its dual role of being a public service and the anchor of the $1.7 trillion mail and package sector, is competing with major corporations to secure scarce EV-compatible resources.
network, which is probably unpopular amongst some contingents. And concurrently, he has the super popular thing, which is giving virtually every neighborhood a zero-emission delivery truck,” Martinez said. DeJoy told The Post that he is “leaning” toward using the bulk of the $3 billion from Congress to expedite the EV purchases from Oshkosh and other sellers and install charging infrastructure, rather than expand the proportion of EVs in the fleet.
But it’s also emblematic of conversations administration officials are having with other federal entities to help them electrify their vehicles. The mail clerks have gotten used to diving through an obstacle course of packages to allow letter carriers in to fill up their vehicles. When the loading area by the back door is impassable, mail trucks park in front of the building, taking spots meant for customers.The pileup of boxes is a mixed bag for the Postal Service. E-commerce has opened a window of economic stability after years of hemorrhaging money due to Americans’ declining mail use.
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