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Electric School Buses More Than Doubled In USA From March 2022 To June 2023::Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! According to the World ... [continued]

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also mail trucks, especially in (sub)urban areas. Those things really don't put on that many miles each day, and the type of driving they do gives them terrible mileage that would be much more efficient on the electric paradigm.

Sadly, the Grumman LLVs are set to be replaced by stock vans.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

If I remember correctly, the first USPS fleet replacement option was laughable in its EV percentage, but I believe that has since changed to a significantly higher percentage.

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/1220-usps-intends-to-deploy-over-66000-electric-vehicles-by-2028.htm

This USPS announcement says 75% will be electric, and they’ll only be buying electric after 2026.