The mentioned it expects to purchase greater than 66,000 electrical autos by the top of 2028 in a big change from earlier plans. In February, the USPS mentioned it will buy 5,000 absolutely electrical variations of the , with gas-powered vans accounting for the remaining 45,000 of the preliminary order. After and from the USPS, the company has the proportion of EVs within the order.

Now, the postal service goals to purchase no less than 60,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles by 2028, no less than 75 % of which shall be electrical fashions. Starting in 2026, the USPS expects that each one NGDV acquisitions shall be electrical variations. The NGDVs are anticipated to begin working on supply routes late subsequent yr. In addition, the company plans to purchase one other 21,000 off-the-shelf EVs by means of 2028.

Overall, the USPS plans to purchase 106,000 supply autos by the top of 2028 to begin changing its growing older, inefficient and not-as-safe fleet of greater than 220,000 autos. That means the company nonetheless expects to purchase round 40,000 gas-powered fashions over the subsequent six years. The USPS that the feasibility of absolutely electrifying the fleet “will continue to be explored.” However, it believes there shall be extra EV availability sooner or later, which will definitely assist.

The company expects to spend $9.6 billion on these car purchases and associated infrastructure, $3 billion of which is from funding. “The $3 billion provided by Congress has significantly reduced the risk associated with accelerating the implementation of a nationwide infrastructure necessary to electrify our delivery fleet,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy mentioned. “While most of the electric vehicle funding will continue to come from Postal Service revenues, we are grateful for the confidence that Congress and the Administration have placed in us to build and acquire what has the potential to become the largest electric vehicle fleet in the nation.”