The U.S. Postal Service pledged Wednesday to electrify at least 40 percent of its new delivery fleet, an increase that climate activists hailed as a major step toward reducing the government’s ...

The plan, announced Tuesday, will begin to phase out and replace the Postal Service's 220,000 aging gas-powered vehicles – the largest fleet in the federal government – with mostly electric ...

WASHINGTON — In a major boost for President Joe Biden's pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet, the Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the ...

WASHINGTON — In a major boost for President Joe Biden's pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet, the Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the ...

The U.S. Postal Service expects the NGDVs to join the fleet in late 2023. The 1987-era trucks used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail will be replaced soon, and a lot more of them will be ...

Last year, the United States Postal Service announced that it planned to replace its outdated mail delivery fleet with new, mostly gas-guzzling trucks. There was immediate backlash. Lawmakers and ...

Last month, the USPS rolled out its first batch of the new Next Generation Delivery Vehicles in Georgia. Compared to the aging, unreliable fleet—often plagued by breakdowns and even occasional ...

Faced with a blistering backlash from Congress and the public, the U.S. Postal Service has backed away from its ill-considered plan to replace its 1987-vintage delivery fleet with mostly gasoline ...

The U.S. Postal Service's costly process of changing much of its fleet to electric vehicles is reportedly far behind schedule. USPS has touted its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle as part of its ...