Postal Service to buy at least 66,000 electric vehicles

 Smart Cities Dive -The U.S. Postal Service will acquire and use at least 66,000 battery electric vehicles by 2028, the agency announced. No less than 45,000 of those vehicles will be electric versions of the Postal Service’s next-generation delivery vehicles. The effort is part of the Postal Service’s $9.6 billion plan to replace its aging fleet of over 220,000 vehicles. The new delivery vehicles will start hitting the streets by the end of 2023, the agency stated.