DeJoy is wasting taxpayer's money by refusing to purchase electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles are going to look different because they are not burdened with room for an internal combustion engine. There will be more room for any cargo because the electric motor does not require all the appliances attached to an internal combustion engine such as the carburetor and/or fuel injectors, huge radiators, fuel pumps, air filters, etc.

June 19, 2021

Spurned bidder (click here) for the right to make the new postal trucks claims it wasn't given due consideration—and also accuses the feds of being lukewarm on electric trucks.

In February, the U.S. Postal Service awarded a deal for up to 165,000 new mail trucks worth up to $6 billion to defense contractor Oshkosh. The search for new delivery vehicles took the USPS around seven years, and once the Internet learned what the quirky new van would look like, much merriment ensued. Not everyone was happy, though.

Workhorse, formerly known as Amp Electric Vehicles, was one of two other contractors bidding for the USPS contract (the other was Karsan). This week, Workhorse sued the postal service over the terms of the deal, especially whether or not the mail carrier ever seriously considered Workhorse's electric vehicles as suitable replacements for the Grumman "Long Life Vehicles" that are commonly seen delivering mail today.

Workhorse's lawsuit—the version that the public can see, anyway—is vague, as the company said the revealing all of the contract information would release details about its bid for the contract and the company's EVs that would be helpful to competitors. Alongside the court filing, Workhorse issued a media statement that said Workhorse representatives met with the USPS in early March to "discuss the award and further specifics of the USPS selection process," but that the details of the meeting "cannot be disclosed at this time."...