The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. The effort comes a year after the agency was honored for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet.
  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Didn’t the government sign a contract with Oshkosh to build these? If so, I hope Oshkosh sues for breach of contract.

    • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
      12·
      4 days ago

      Military contractor gets a payout from tax dollars, and they stop the woke mob from taking away their gas engines anyway, there is no downside to them.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      4 days ago

      Funding being pulled is actually one of the few ways contracts can be cancelled for convenience without major penalties to the government.

      The big waste is all the EV charging infrastructure they have already installed.