Not even the might USPS can out-negotiate reality.
Federal News Network (4/5/22) reports: "The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee is telling the Postal Service to start over in determining how many electric vehicles it can afford to purchase as part of its 10-year next-generation delivery vehicle contract. Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that USPS 'can and must increase the number of electric vehicles that it purchases.' USPS agreed to share the analysis it’s been using to determine how many electric vehicles it will purchase, but Maloney said 'it’s clear that the Post Office needs to go back to the drawing board.' Maloney is specifically directing USPS to draft a new environmental impact study and a new cost estimate for electric vehicles, as well as 'immediately renegotiate' a better price for electric vehicles...Kenny Stein, the director for policy at the Institute for Energy Research, told the committee that the expected lower operating costs of electric vehicles over their lifetime would not make up for a higher upfront cost, except in certain locations and certain routes. 'If those assumptions have proved overly optimistic, EVs could actually end up being a long-term financial drag on the Postal Service,' Stein said.
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