Why is the partisan hack Dejoy even employed? Why do we have a defense
contractor building USPS vehicles when we have a wide range of lower cost
manufacturers that can build them much cheaper? A postal vehicle is the
perfect application for EV with start/stop routes and regen to increase
efficiency. This makes absolutely no sense. I'm hoping this decision will be
overturned and we can have a common sense solution for this poor judgement! I
don't think this story is over yet, but if they decide to use a higher
percentage of gas vehicles for USPS I'll be very critical of the new
administration that I thought would bring a little more sense to the political
landscape!
On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:13:08 PM EST, EVDL Administrator via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
On 24 Feb 2021 at 11:10, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
> Anybody want to guess how many EVs the USPS will order? Based on their
> history with EVs, I'd guess maybe 20% if we're lucky, but I'm a congenital
> pessimist.
Good grief, it turns out that I was OPTIMISTIC. Look here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/post-office-purchase-of-
gasoline-truck-seems-to-defy-biden-order
https://v.gd/tc6Uqk
"The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet
to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering
environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House
executive order to electrify the government´s vehicles."
I have no words. Welll, actually I do, but I don't want to get into
partisan politics and/or start a flame war.
I will say this, however, because I've said it many times before. Despite
what Tesla fans might like to think, the EV train has left the US station
and it's on a one-way trip. Its central terminal is now in Europe, with a
large hub in Asia.
Actually, if Musk is as smart a businessman as he seems to think he is,
he'll get Tesla out of the US and set up shop where the market is.
David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey
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