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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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[–] artifex@piefed.social 97 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] nathanjent@programming.dev 15 points 1 month 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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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago

At least UPS is unionized

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 90 points 1 month ago (33 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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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month 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

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 month ago

Train transport, public transportation in general.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 31 points 1 month ago

Renewable energy.

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 1 month 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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[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month 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.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 44 points 1 month 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"

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

And your power plants!

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What trains did he give away?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

(Some of) the Wisconsin ones, I bet!

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 30 points 1 month ago

MAGAts are the worst form of stupid.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Making the country work? that's socialism

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month 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.

[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month 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.

[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month 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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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month 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

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not like the old cars are pretty.

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably all those unsold Cybertrucks

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

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

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

Can I buy one to live in?

Jk, I don't have money

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago

I totally want to buy a used one for $3000.00

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