Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg would not commit to “rethinking” a long-term contract recently awarded by the U.S. Postal Service for its new mail trucks, even though the contract does not quite align with the Biden administration’s zero-emission vehicle goals.
Asked about doing so by the news organization Axios during a virtual news conference on Friday, Buttigieg acknowledged that the federal government should “walk the talk” when it comes to transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs)...
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