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Postal Service Set to Lead the Way in Deploying Electric Fleet

Nice article, but I have one correction. You say this report was "written from the perspective of an EV buyer, rather than an EV seller". In reality, it was written from the perspective of a subsidy-seeker. The USPS has a clear incentive to inflate the estimated costs and downplay expected performance.

The five-year battery replacement is a huge red flag. The report says LLVs average about 6000 miles/year. A 5 year/60k mile life is a joke. The Volt's 10 year/150k mile warranty is typical for the industry. I can't think of a single mainstream automaker or battery vendor targeting less than 10/100k.

So, do we accept the number from the automakers and battery vendors whose business depends on getting this right or the number which maximizes the cash payments the USPS gets from the DOE?