WASHINGTON —The US Postal Service has spent more than $3 billion in tax dollars on a brand-new all-electric fleet of mail trucks — and gotten just 612 vehicles for its money, according to a letter sent to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and obtained by The Post.
Former President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act set aside billions for what Ernst has since ripped as a green “boondoggle” that saw almost all of that amount paid to Wisconsin-based defense contractor Oshkosh to design and build 35,000 new environmentally friendly mail trucks.
But as of Nov. 10, only 612 of the battery-electric powered vehicles are on the road.
A separate group of electric delivery vehicles — Ford E-Transit vans — are more widely in operation, with 2,010 delivering mail and packages. However, more than 6,700 have been delivered and are just sitting idle — in part because they can’t drive all the routes that the specially designed Oshkosh vehicles can
“Instead of spending another billion dollars on an EV fleet that’s lost in the mail, it’s time to pull the plug on this boondoggle and return the money to sender — the taxpayers,” Ernst said.
Right on, so lets raise prices of stamps and package delivery. Amazon offers free delivery. The usps can go to Hell. I pay my bills by phone or online now. Since DEI was forced on us, I can no longer depend on the usps to deliver my bills or payments. So sad we have come to this. Thanks democrats, you all should be proud of ruining reliable service of many years. Oh by the way, usps scores 100% on delivering junk mail.