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  • Trump transition weighs plan to cancel USPS contracts to build large EV fleet
    Postal service plans to spend billions on EV chargers and roughly 66,000 new trucks Contract cancellation likely part of sweeping executive order on EVs

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s transition team is considering canceling the U.S. Postal Service’s contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, as part of a broader suite of executive orders targeting electric vehicles, according to three sources familiar with the plans.

The move, which could be unveiled in the early days of Trump’s administration that begins on Jan. 20, is in line with Trump’s campaign promises to roll back President Joe Biden’s efforts to decarbonize U.S. transportation to fight climate change – an agenda Trump has said is unnecessary and potentially damaging to the economy.

Reuters has previously reported that Trump is planning to kill a $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicle purchases, and plans to roll back Biden’s stricter fuel-efficiency standards.

The sources told Reuters that Trump’s transition team is now reviewing how it can unwind the postal service’s multibillion-dollar contracts, including with Oshkosh (OSK.N), and Ford (F.N) for tens of thousands of battery-driven delivery trucks and charging stations.

Oshkosh shares fell by roughly 5% to 105.65 per share after the Reuters report.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
    34·
    15 days ago

    At this point, it’s not really about maximizing profits, it’s about trying to undo every change Biden made

    Its even worse. The new truck was likely by Dejoy, Trump’s own appointee.

          • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
            1·
            11 days ago

            Trump chose Dejoy to lead the Post Office. Dejoy is head of the Post Office. The Post Office chose this new EV truck. Therefore the new EV truck is a product of Trump’s choice. Now Trump is trying to kill his (by proxy) chosen EV truck.

            • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              11 days ago

              Ah gotcha. I don’t think Dejoy is a green advocate or anything. Congress gave the postal service 3B dollars to invest in electric vehicles, and that’s what they started doing. They are cheaper if you amortize costs over a decade.