US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them

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US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them
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Do they love them because they're electric or because they finally got a new truck?

Because they have Air Conditioning.

The thing they should have had for the last 40 years. With record breaking heat year after year it should be hazard pay without ac

Airbags, Anti lock Brakes, and hopefully leg room are probably bonuses too.

Dude, a break is something you take between shifts. A brake is something that slows you down. They're not the same word.

Instantaneous torque, I'm sure offers dramatic improvement over the previous ICE trucks.

Not only do [the old trucks] only get 9 miles per gallon, they’re also noisy, smelly (I have to close my window every day when the mail truck comes around), have no air conditioning, hard to stand up in, and their only safety feature is mirrors that constantly fall out of alignment. AP also points out that nearly 100 LLVs caught fire last year – a common event when it comes to internal combustion vehicles.

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