US Postal Service to Buy 9,250 Electric Vehicles From Ford
- Plan is part of $10 billion effort to electrify delivery fleet
- Agency says it’s also purchasing some gas-powered vehicles
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The U.S. Postal Service is buying more than 9,000 battery-powered delivery vans made by Ford Motor Co. as part of a $10 billion push to electrify its aging fleet.
The Ford E-Transit Battery EVs, which the Postal Service expects to take delivery of this December, are part of plan to electrify 75% of the its service trucks over the next five years, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.