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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Plus speedrunning the financial failure of the USPS will let them dismantle and privatize it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then Trump can roll out his Uber-like mail service company where the workers provide their own vehicles and 60% more mail goes "missing" in transit.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

At least UPS is unionized

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I recall they forced massive retirement debt on uses to cause downfall

Most federal agencies receive annual congressional appropriations to contribute towards CSRS and FERS. The Postal Service does not. Instead, it's required to pay retirement contributions with agency revenue. USPS's retirement costs are significant, totaling $10 billion in 2023 alone.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 weeks ago (23 children)

Those things, from what I heard, are an absolute necessity of an upgrade for postal workers. They absolutely deserve those vehicles. Just like the vehicles probably deserve and hunger for the flesh of the people who want them gone.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Just because they're EVs...

What other technological innovations have political parties been (corrupt) allergic to?

I know Edison lobbied hard against AC power systems but there must be tons of examples over the years

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago

Train transport, public transportation in general.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago

Renewable energy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's crazy how if you'd asked me about vaccine hesitancy and conspiracy theories in 2019 I would've told you that extreme left wing hippy nut jobs are the archetype I associate with it, but then COVID hit and bam! Now it's the right wing nut jobs

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The worse USPS functions, the more people are unable to vote.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know if the numbers compare, but I've talked to a postman here, and he told me that EVs save a lot of money for the postal service. Here, stick-shift is the way to go, and he told me that they basically wore down 1-2 clutches a year per car before swithching to EVs.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

and here I was just thinking, "Hey, I hope someone can give away something my tax dollars already paid for again. I really liked when Scott Walker gave away our trains, what a swell guy"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

And your power plants!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What trains did he give away?

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 3 weeks ago

(Some of) the Wisconsin ones, I bet!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Only the supposed richest country in the world would force their postal employees to drive around in vehicles that were built in the 1980's. WTF! That is worse than 3rd World. FFS, the Deutsche Post use electric bicycles, electric delivery vehicles and modern Mercedes-Benz trucks. Invest in your fucking infrastructure AmeriKa.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Making the country work? that's socialism

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Infrastructure must be paid for socially but owned privately and any and all repairs or future investments will be subsidized in order to please Jesus Christ the patron saint of Capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

MAGAts are the worst form of stupid.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I am mad they want to get rid of them. We have already designed and started rolling them out. But I do think they look extremely ugly. Doesn't mean we should get rid of them.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They look like that for accessibility, to be driveable and comfortable for even the tallest and shortest postal employees, and that makes them goddamn beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I did not know that's why they look like that. Makes a lot of sense but the original (to me) postal truck will always have a special place in my heart.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago

It's so cool that they're unique. Nothing is ever novel anymore. Cheapest most boring everything. Except for rich people. At least these have character

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not like the old cars are pretty.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

nah, they'll replace the EVs with trucks off a truck tree. Free tree trucks. Try saying that while you're drunk

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably all those unsold Cybertrucks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah after they convert them back to oil burners. not even diesel, they'll go full on fuel oil.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I dunno. Maybe they'll figure out a way to use whale oil.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

depressingly plausible

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

First-past-the-post wasting taxpayer money right there!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Can I buy one to live in?

Jk, I don't have money

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I totally want to buy a used one for $3000.00

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