On 24 Feb 2021 at 11:10, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > Anybody want to guess how many EVs the USPS will order? Based on their > history with EVs, I'd guess maybe 20% if we're lucky, but I'm a congenital > pessimist.
Good grief, it turns out that I was OPTIMISTIC. Look here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/post-office-purchase-of- gasoline-truck-seems-to-defy-biden-order https://v.gd/tc6Uqk "The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House executive order to electrify the government´s vehicles." I have no words. Welll, actually I do, but I don't want to get into partisan politics and/or start a flame war. I will say this, however, because I've said it many times before. Despite what Tesla fans might like to think, the EV train has left the US station and it's on a one-way trip. Its central terminal is now in Europe, with a large hub in Asia. Actually, if Musk is as smart a businessman as he seems to think he is, he'll get Tesla out of the US and set up shop where the market is. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Never underestimate the ability of humans to overestimate their ability. -- anonymous = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
