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The admin fought quite hard to destroy the electric conversion, not just cancelling future orders but scrapping existing trucks and infrastructure despite that
by virgildotcodes 2mo ago
The admin fought quite hard to destroy the electric conversion, not just cancelling future orders but scrapping existing trucks and infrastructure despite that being a major expense. It's in line with the way it's fighting against renewables and environmental protections on many fronts.
I would say it's obviously in service of the fossil fuel industry but it's gotten to the point of being so absurdly senseless and against our interests that it seems primarily ideological/emotional.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-may-cancel-us-postal-service-electric-mail-truck-contract-sources-say-2024-12-06/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-...
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/senate-republicans-cannot-force-us-postal-service-scrap-evs-parliamentarian-says-2025-06-23/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/senate...
- trollbridge 2mo agoCan you explain how the postal service is trucking right along then with buying a big fleet of EVs?
- virgildotcodes 2mo agoIf you read up on the sequence of events posted above you’ll see that the admin exhausted every avenue available to them but was ultimately defeated in their efforts here.