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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Republicans can’t stop wasting money – they want to scrap USPS’ awesome EVs (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Plus speedrunning the financial failure of the USPS will let them dismantle and privatize it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then Trump can roll out his Uber-like mail service company where the workers provide their own vehicles and 60% more mail goes "missing" in transit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You mean like ~~Hermes UK~~ Evri?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

At least UPS is unionized

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I recall they forced massive retirement debt on uses to cause downfall

Most federal agencies receive annual congressional appropriations to contribute towards CSRS and FERS. The Postal Service does not. Instead, it's required to pay retirement contributions with agency revenue. USPS's retirement costs are significant, totaling $10 billion in 2023 alone.