Congress to invest $2 billion in USPS electric vehicles

Under the tenents of House legislation introduced Dec. 17, the United States Postal Service will acquire and begin testing the use of all-electric mail delivery trucks. If approved, the bill would help the Postal Service green its large mail delivery fleet and jumpstart the nation's electric vehicle industry, said Rep. José Serrano, D-N.Y., who introduced the legislation along with five cosponsors, including Reps. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas, Steve Israel, D-N.Y., Dan Maffei, D-N.Y., and Lee Terry, R-Neb.

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December 30, 2009