Lawmakers unveil measure to give Postal Service $6B for electric vehicles

House Democrats have introduced a proposal to give the U.S. Postal Service billions to equip the department with tens of thousands of electric delivery vehicles.

The bill would allocate $6 billion in funding to Postal Service and require at least 75 percent of a new fleet be electric or zero-emission vehicles, according to Reuters.

“We welcome and are interested in any support from Congress that advances the goal of a Postal Service vehicle fleet with zero emissions, and the necessary infrastructure required to operate it,” the Postal Service said in a statement to the outlet Monday. “With the right level of support, the majority of the Postal Service’s fleet can be electric by the end of the decade.”