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 ...
Net loss for the year was $9.2 billion, an increase of $363 million compared to 2019. Controllable loss was $3.8 billion, an increase of $334 million compared to the prior year. FY 2020
France did this. They have entire fields filled full of this worthless tech — all on taxpayers’ bill.
That makes sense. Thanks!
It’s out of hand bad management squandering money par government.
Or up in smoke a waste of money.
Yeah, just keep waving those pompoms.
9,000+ EVs purchased, and 75 charging stations in the next year. Really promising math. The Rear Admiral no doubt consulted on that...
Given the postal services record in maintaining their vehicles, I suspect most of these vehicles will be extra large paper weights within six months after delivery.
As a side note, the postal service has only gotten worse over the past few years, and especially the last few months. I’ll go days with getting no mail, and then everything will be delivered at once. I put in a forwarding request two weeks ago for my late mother’s mail to be forwarded to my address. It’s still arriving at her house.
I live in a rural area with a small population and our mail delivery used to be top-notch. I’ve lived here on our spot for 40 years and in the past few months they suddenly are putting my mail in a neighbor’s boxes, and my neighbor’s mail in mine.
I guess it is time for another postal rate increase.
Pretty good article at link below:
https://issuesinsights.com/2023/03/02/postal-services-blank-check-must-be-returned-to-sender/
“Usually, federal agencies at least admit to spending billions of taxpayer dollars per year. America’s mail carrier has taken a different route, bizarrely claiming that it “receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.” Never mind that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) received $10 billion from Congress to offset pandemic-related losses. Or, the $3 billion given to the USPS by Congress to purchase electric trucks. Or, the more than $3 billion per year in subsidies the agency rakes in through tax gimmicks and preferential loans. “
I ain’t waiving no friggin’ pom-poms, gramps.
EVs have a use case, but it isn’t to replace every damn ICE vehicle with EV in the next 7 years.
But some uses like local delivery make sense. Sorry if you’re of the camp that if something won’t work for 100 percent of your use cases, then it’s worthless for any use.
Iirc the post office refused to purchase electronic cars last year. Obviously there has been some sort of change?
Basheesh?
The United Auto Workers prevailed in making the USPS buy electric trucks from a failing Ford Motor company.
Biden is a big Labor man to the bone. The Post Office gambit is about preserving the dwindling UAW jobs.
big risk to POST OFFICE
The UNITED STATES seems to be the pinnacle of short term planning
Name calling, a sure sign the facts are on your side, especially if you provide zero data from the USPS or the Environmental Study to back up your claim.
I yield to your superior put down skills.
Have a wonderful day!
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