Aren't they bankrupt every 3 or 9 days? Why update? Is the MPG ever going to win over? Isn't this harder in urban areas? Didn't they lose their largest customer in history (Amazon)?
It comes off as a little odd at first, but then again it’s purpose built so it doesn’t have to win design awards, it just has to do the damn thing. It sounds like they really considered the mail carrier and subdivision driving.
I wanna get my grubby paws on a surplus Grumman LLV when these roll
The Grumman LLV isn't going away fast. USPS still had Pintos in 90's even tho Ford stopped make them 10+ years before that. Some "Postal Jeeps" (Jeep DJ-5) are still around too.
New EV trucks need big time changes and Money spend to nearly every Post Office to install chargers etc on top of...
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Under the contract it will build between 50,000 and 165,000 vehicles over a period of 10 years. It will initially get $482 million to initiate engineering efforts to finalize the production vehicle design, and for tooling and factory build-out activities that are necessary prior to vehicle production.
Even then may not work in some areas likely many rural areas that needs long distance driving per day.
------------------ Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. (Jurassic Park)
I don't care what the trucks look like, they should be function over form. I would hope they they make/made thetrucks a platform which can handled hybrid, CNG, and electric drive-trains for the differt use cases for mail delivery across the country.
Think of the old Anaheim Mighty Ducks logo and change it to look like one of these new trucks.... USPS could become a major sponsor or part-owner of the team.
I would hope they they make/made the trucks a platform which can handle hybrid, CNG, and electric drive-trains for the differt use cases for mail delivery across the country.
