Trump’s plans to cancel the USPS’s electric vehicle (EV) contracts threaten manufacturing jobs, postal workers’ safety, our communities and our planet. These contracts are already signed, with production underway. But Trump’s transition team is actively exploring ways to derail this progress and claw back the public money for climate investment in the Inflation Reduction Act.

USPS’s green fleet initiative is more than a climate win that electrifies 62% of the mail trucks:

Safer Working Conditions:
For the first time, USPS trucks will include air conditioning, heating, and many other modern safety features.

Manufacturing Jobs:
Tens of thousands of American jobs depend on these contracts with Oshkosh and Ford.

Healthier for Postal Workers, Communities, and the Planet:
Transportation is the largest single source of carbon pollution in the United States. Studies show frontline Black and Brown communities bear the brunt of pollution from heavy trucks with combustion engines. Mail carriers who drive postal trucks are particularly affected from vehicle idling, which releases high levels of localized air pollution.

Canceling these contracts would set the USPS and the country back decades, lock in pollution from gas-guzzling trucks for the next 30 years, and cost jobs and undermine a critical step toward combating climate change. These trucks aren’t just about cleaner air, they’re about safer streets and workplaces, modernizing America’s most iconic delivery fleet, and driving innovation in clean energy.

The USPS is an independent federal agency with the authority to make its own operational decisions, including these contracts. Allowing political pressure to derail this progress in any way undermines that independence and sets a dangerous precedent for future administrations.

Tell DeJoy & Board of Governors, don’t cave to Trump. Protect USPS green fleet investments in the fight against climate change now.