The U.S. Postal Service's plans for a nationwide fleet of electric vehicles are getting closer to being realized. The service awarded contracts on Tuesday for 9,250 battery electric vehicles and for more than 14,000 charging stations.
This will not go well. A lot of the purchased EV will go into storage, since the locations they are being purchased for will need a LOT of electrical service upgrades to support the Chargers. And no money was budgeted to pay for it.
In some urban areas the electrical grid is so close to overload already that if the towns or cities don't deny the permits the result could be cascade failure one day when all the postal EV's roll in at the end of the day and plug in.
Congress has the responsibility for this. They put extreme pressure on the PO change their plans and greatly increase the number of EV's over ICE vehicles.
The object of this program is to sell electric vehicles to the Post Office, not for the Post Office to deliver mail in electric vehicles. Follow the money...
I don't have any problem with suburban mail delivery by electric vehicle, their start/stop every 50 feet is perfect for them. My question is why in hell do they have so many more chargers being installed than vehicles delivered? I'd suggest that the USPS inspector general should put cameras on the charge points and fire every employee to charges their personal vehicle on the post offices' dime.
I hope they're parking them outdoors away from the buildings and the ICE vehicles.
Maybe this will help them redeliver all the junk mail I cycle back through their blue bins. I make them deliver those things twice. War on govt.
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I can't wait for this shit show to play out. Mail drivers beat the crap out of their vehicles and the constant acceleration will drain their batteries so fast, they'll have to recharge at least once - probably twice - during the day. Then what? Mail delivery until 10pm and a lot of overtime?
When mail is damaged by post office equipment, what's left it put in a plastic bag with an apology for the damage. I can see it now, a plastic bag arrives fill with ashes and the note: "We sincerely regret the damage to your mail when it was incinerated in the electric delivery vehicle fire."
...And in the end, the USPS will have a fleet of crappy old dead vehicles that it can't even auction off! There are STILL some of those old postal JEEPS running around!
My day to bitch about the Post Office. Get to the one in town this morning to get a money order to pay for a rifle I bought on Gun Broker. 20 people in line. finally get to the front of the line and, "sorry, we don't have any money orders!"
As if the billions the post office is in the red is not enough. Ballots will now be delivered months later. Oh yeah these were in the mail truck that died 2 months ago. We finally go it towed.
Yeah, but they were able to "save" thousands of ballots, all democrat ballots, and then deliver them at 3am that were in that one truck... in 5 trucks. @Luis-DemsAreCheatin'Bastards
It was around 1957 that USPS got their first delivery vehicles-the famous 3 wheeler made by Cushman. I remember the whole class looking out the window at school and watching one of them drive down the street for the first time. A few years later many that weren't scrap were sold at auction and you'd see them around town living a different life.
This will not go well.
ReplyDeleteA lot of the purchased EV will go into storage, since the locations they are being purchased for will need a LOT of electrical service upgrades to support the Chargers. And no money was budgeted to pay for it.
In some urban areas the electrical grid is so close to overload already that if the towns or cities don't deny the permits the result could be cascade failure one day when all the postal EV's roll in at the end of the day and plug in.
Congress has the responsibility for this. They put extreme pressure on the PO change their plans and greatly increase the number of EV's over ICE vehicles.
The object of this program is to sell electric vehicles to the Post Office, not for the Post Office to deliver mail in electric vehicles.
DeleteFollow the money...
I don't have any problem with suburban mail delivery by electric vehicle, their start/stop every 50 feet is perfect for them. My question is why in hell do they have so many more chargers being installed than vehicles delivered? I'd suggest that the USPS inspector general should put cameras on the charge points and fire every employee to charges their personal vehicle on the post offices' dime.
ReplyDeleteI hope they're parking them outdoors away from the buildings and the ICE vehicles.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this will help them redeliver all the junk mail I cycle back through their blue bins. I make them deliver those things twice. War on govt.
(I'm getting "failed to post " messages. I think I got one when I first hit the PUBLISH button so I sent it twice. It's happened on other sites also, I'm not sure what the bug is. Maybe the moderator panel has it open? Maybe my browser, Brave? )
I can't wait for this shit show to play out. Mail drivers beat the crap out of their vehicles and the constant acceleration will drain their batteries so fast, they'll have to recharge at least once - probably twice - during the day. Then what? Mail delivery until 10pm and a lot of overtime?
ReplyDeleteHey, it's free money I guess...
When mail is damaged by post office equipment, what's left it put in a plastic bag with an apology for the damage. I can see it now, a plastic bag arrives fill with ashes and the note: "We sincerely regret the damage to your mail when it was incinerated in the electric delivery vehicle fire."
ReplyDelete...And in the end, the USPS will have a fleet of crappy old dead vehicles that it can't even auction off! There are STILL some of those old postal JEEPS running around!
ReplyDeleteMy day to bitch about the Post Office. Get to the one in town this morning to get a money order to pay for a rifle I bought on Gun Broker. 20 people in line. finally get to the front of the line and, "sorry, we don't have any money orders!"
ReplyDeleteAs if the billions the post office is in the red is not enough. Ballots will now be delivered months later. Oh yeah these were in the mail truck that died 2 months ago. We finally go it towed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but they were able to "save" thousands of ballots, all democrat ballots, and then deliver them at 3am that were in that one truck... in 5 trucks.
Delete@Luis-DemsAreCheatin'Bastards
It was around 1957 that USPS got their first delivery vehicles-the famous 3 wheeler made by Cushman. I remember the whole class looking out the window at school and watching one of them drive down the street for the first time. A few years later many that weren't scrap were sold at auction and you'd see them around town living a different life.
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