It was nearly a year ago – in February 2021 – that the United States Postal Service announced its next-generation delivery vehicle. The current USPS fleet is over 30 years old so an update is sorely needed, but with President Biden's initiative to electrify federal vehicles, the EPA isn't happy that nearly all the new postal trucks will be gasoline-powered.
That's the crux of an official letter sent to USPS officials on February 2, according to The Washington Post. Specifically, a communication from The White House Council on Environmental Quality advised Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that "Congress or the Federal courts may compel the USPS to alter course" on its plan to spend over $11 billion on the Grumman Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV).
