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“We will thus complete the complete transformation of our fleet by 2023,” said Peter Umundum, Board Director for Parcel and Logistics at the post office.
In order for this transformation to move forward quickly, “lighthouse projects” are needed, emphasized Umundum. One such example is the city of Graz, which has already “completely switched to CO2-free” at the end of 2021. Now comes the “Green Innsbruck” project, in which 145 electric vehicles will now deliver packages, letters, print media, etc. Salzburg should also follow suit in terms of “green post-e-mobility” and “this year,” he said.
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Only “green vehicles” in Graz and Innsbruck
This Austria-wide development was welcomed by Digitization State Secretary Florian Tursky (ÖVP), who is also responsible for the postal system. “The yellow of the post office is getting greener every year,” he pointed out. The fact that Innsbruck is the second city after Graz with exclusively “green vehicles” shows that the Tyrolean capital is also ready for the “challenges of the future,” said Tursky, who was running for office in the Innsbruck local council and mayoral election on April 14th Mayoral candidate for the “The New Innsbruck” list enters the race.
Across Austria, when it comes to mobility and digitalization, we need to “tread new paths” and think about “sustainability and digitalization” together, said the “Postal State Secretary”. Important projects include – in addition to the “conversion of the vehicle fleet” – the postal service’s “digital ID card”, with which you can identify yourself as a postal customer.
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