Electric vehicles for the US Postal Service would reduce noise, air, and carbon pollution in every community.
I can't help thinking this isn't a bad idea. Seems to me like it is at least worth a look at. If the USPS needs an upgrade anyway, why not do something that would be good for the economy and the environment at the same time?
Anyhow… it's worth a look.
"The boxy, whiny postal truck that is so familiar to Americans, with the driver on the right next to a loud sliding door, is called a Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV). As of 2018, the US Postal Service owns and operates 229,000 total vehicles, more than 141,000 of which are LLVs."
"They get about 10 miles per gallon, are too small for many modern e-commerce packages…"
"The LLVs’ lifespan was meant to be about 24 years; they average 28 years old, with many over 30. They are so old that the USPS often has difficulty finding mechanics who can work on them."
"In short, the USPS has a giant fleet of aging, energy-intensive, carbon-intensive, expensive-to-maintain vehicles that are long overdue for an upgrade."
"On a full life-cycle basis, electric vehicles are absolutely a better value.
An electric motor converts electricity into motion more efficiently (around 90-95 percent) than an internal combustion engine (ICE) converts gasoline or diesel (40-45 percent at the high end, much lower in average use)."
"Consequently, electricity is a cheaper vehicle fuel than gasoline or diesel. “On a national average,” says the Department of Energy, “it costs less than half as much to travel the same distance in an EV than a conventional vehicle.” A wholesale shift to electricity would save the USPS hundreds of millions of dollars in fuel costs a year."
Just something to think about
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