Posted on 03/01/2023 7:46:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
US Postal Service to purchase charging stations from Blink Charging Co., Siemens Industry Inc., and Rexel USA Energy Solutions in contracts totaling $260 million.
The U.S. Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford Motor Co. electric vans and 14,000 charging stations, taking the first step towards the promised electrification of its mail truck fleet.
To meet an "urgent need for vehicles," the Postal Service will also purchase 9,250 gas-powered vans from Fiat Chrysler in North America, which is now part of Amsterdam-based Stellantis. The contracts awarded to Fiat Chrysler and Ford together will total just over $1 billion.
The purchase comes months after USPS announced a plan to spend $9.6 billion on its next generation of mail delivery trucks, of which at least 66,000 are planned to be electric vehicles. $3 billion in planned spending comes from the Inflation Reduction Act. The agency aims to have all newly purchased vehicles be electric-powered by 2026.
Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford will start delivering the left-hand-drive E-Transit vans in December of this year, while Fiat Chrysler will start shipping the left-hand-drive gas-powered vehicles in November.
USPS plans to begin building out its charging station infrastructure across a minimum of 75 locations within the next year, according to a news release.
"We are moving forward with our plans to simultaneously improve our service, reduce our cost, grow our revenue, and improve the working environment for our employees. Electrification of our vehicle fleet is now an important component of these initiatives," said Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...
USPS delivery vans are the best use-case for Electric vehicles.
Why? Stop-start is perfect for EVs, they use less energy than ICEs for that case
Then, EVs have higher straight-line torque, so again better for the conditions that the USPS vans will work in.
EVs aren’t good for all conditions, but for some, like the USPS and also driving in a big city (say taxis), EVs are a good choice.
They will eventually be sold at pennies on the dollar just like New York Covid-19 medical supplies.
Actually, from the article
“The U.S. Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford Motor Co. electric vans and 14,000 charging stations
the Postal Service will also purchase 9,250 gas-powered vans from Fiat Chrysler in North America
The contracts awarded to Fiat Chrysler and Ford together will total just over $1 billion”
So $1,000,000,000 / (9,250+9250) = $54,054 per vehicle. If we assume that 50% goes to Ford for the electric vehicles PLUS 14000 charging stations - so the price per electric vehicle is LESS than $54,054 per vehicle (we don’t have enough information to calculate that)
Or you take the “The purchase comes months after USPS announced a plan to spend $9.6 billion on its next generation of mail delivery trucks, of which at least 66,000 are planned to be electric vehicles. “
Note that it doesn’t say how many delivery trucks in total - it says 66,000 will be electric, but doesn’t say how many will be non-electric
If we assume that total number of vehicles is 100,000 (just a number I chose, there is zero indication in the article), then it is $96,000 per vehicle - whether electric or not. but this doesn’t account for the charging stations.
Then your EV postal service vehicles will get a sail.
I don’t understand why the USPS will be buying left-hand drive vehicles for mail delivery. Are the person-persons going to deliver mail driving down the wrong side of the road. Am I crazy?
I read an article last year that listed all the past "orders" for electric delivery vehicles. They all end up being cancelled because the companies haven't been able to deliver. It's all a ruse.
God help us. Now we’ll have to go to post office everyday to get mail.
Ummm, no.
Have you ever watched a postal delivery truck serve its route?
Regenerative braking below 10 mph is not a thing.
This is horrendously stupid and wasteful (obviously!) but the bigger question is why in 2023 we need a government Postal Service with a 650,000+ employees. What that is essential does the USPS do that FedEx, UPS, DHL… could not do far more efficiently? IMO, the USPS should be abolished and those postal workers who are willing and able should be repurposed for border enforcement.
A lot of postmen just drive to the neighborhood and park. Then walk around all the blocks delivering on foot. Then drive a few blocks away and repeat.
One pedal driving and rusting breaks are a thing.
There should be a shadow management team at the USPS. Allow current management make decision and then the shadow team devises and implements strategies that do the exact opposite.
Well that’s 260 Million down the drain.....
What should happen: 1) cut out the tremendous waste of paper and trees encouraged by the junk mail rates; at the moment we are paying for trash delivery to us and paying for the stuff to be taken away, unread.
2) reduce the mail delivery days to 3 or 4 per week. The 2023 fact is that communication today is primarily by phone, email, texting, etc. NOT via the unreliable and slow USPS.
Anyway...the P.O. was good...fast and cheap.
Mailed a package today...and it was $12 dollars....from OK to UT.....In the old days...that would have been $4 or $5....
I would vote for that!!!
This BULL$HIT comes to you courtesy of the USPS who operates at an ANNUAL LOSS of approx 5 BILLION DOLLARS.
Our tax dollars at work!
Delivery of the millions of pounds of "JUNK MAIL" daily is what is keeping the USPS in business currently.
That being said.. I believe the USPS is still operating at an ANNUAL LOSS of 5 BILLION DOLLARS per year!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.