In addition to the 9,250 Ford vans, which will be manufactured at a Ford plant in Kansas City, Missouri, the agency said it was awarding contracts to purchase some 14,000 charging stations.
The contract marks a turnaround for the postal service, which had announced in early 2022 that it planned to replace its fleet of red-white-and blue delivery vans with mostly gasoline-fueled models made by Oshkosh Corp.
Following outrage from congressional lawmakers and environmentalists, as well as an infusion of $3 billion in funds from the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reduction Act, the agency reversed course in December and unveiled a $10 billion plan to buy battery-powered vehicles.
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