Postal Service yuav 66,000 lub tsheb hluav taws xob los hloov lub nkoj

Peb lub tebchaws United States Postal Service (USPS) cov tsheb xa ntawv tau nres rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub chaw xa ntawv hauv Danville. Thaum Lub Xya Hli 20, USPS tshaj tawm tias tsawg kawg 40 feem pua ​​​​ntawm nws Cov Tsheb Thauj Khoom Tom ntej (NGDVs) thiab kev lag luam tawm ntawm txoj kev (COTS) tsheb yuav yog roj teeb tsheb.

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US Postal Service tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias nws npaj rau yuav tsawg kawg yog 66,000 lub tsheb xa hluav taws xob ua ib feem ntawm kev thawb los hloov nws lub nkoj xa khoom.

Lub tsheb hluav taws xob yuav muaj ntau dua li ib nrab ntawm 106,000 lub tsheb uas nws npaj yuav tau txais kev xa khoom nruab nrab ntawm tam sim no thiab 2028. Cov tsheb tshiab yuav pib hloov nws cov hnub nyoog laus ntawm 220,000 lub tsheb, Postal Service tau hais hauv ib tsab ntawv. xovxwm tso tawm.

Lub Chaw Xa Ntawv tau ntsib kev nyuaj siab rau pej xeem los ntawm ib puag ncig kev sib tw kom siv hluav taws xob rau nws lub nkoj.

Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, cov pab pawg ib puag ncig tau foob ib kev sib foob tawm tsam USPS rau nws qhov tsis ua tiav kev soj ntsuam ib puag ncig txaus ua ntej txiav txim siab hloov nws cov tsheb thauj neeg nrog ntau "roj-guzzling combustion mail trucks," raws li tsab ntawv tshaj tawm los ntawm Sierra Club.

Katherine García, tus thawj coj ntawm Sierra Club's Clean Transportation for All campaign, "Tsis txhob tau txais cov pa phem nrog lawv cov ntawv xa ntawv txhua hnub, cov zej zog thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas yuav tau txais kev pab ntawm huab cua huv dua," said nyob rau hauv ib daim ntawv qhia rau hnub Tuesday.

Sierra Club yog ib pab pawg uas txhawb USPS kom mus rau hluav taws xob.

USPS tau hais rau hnub Tuesday nws cov peev nyiaj yuav tsum ncav cuag $ 9.6 nphom, kwv yees li ib feem peb ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Txoj Cai txo nqi nyiaj txiag. Cov nyiaj pab yuav pab Postal Service tsim dab tsi muaj peev xwm los ua ib qho ntawm cov tsheb fais fab loj tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy tau hais hauv nqe lus.

"Peb muaj txoj cai lij choj kom xa cov ntawv xa tuaj thiab pob khoom rau 163 lab qhov chaw nyob rau hnub hauv ib lub lis piam thiab them rau peb cov nqi hauv kev ua - qhov ntawd yog peb lub luag haujlwm," DeJoy hais. "Raws li kuv tau hais yav dhau los, yog tias peb tuaj yeem ua tiav cov hom phiaj ntawm ib puag ncig lub luag haujlwm, peb yuav ua li ntawd."

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/postal-service-to-buy-66000-electric-vehicles-to-transform-fleet.html