USPS Orders 9250 Ford E-Transit Vans In Push Toward EVs

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The electric vans do not replace the controversial gas-guzzling Oshkosh Defense mail trucks.

The order is part of an electrification initiative announced in December.The renewal of the Postal Service's extensive fleet of mail trucks has been mired in controversy. Today's familiar mail trucks, Grumman LLVs, are old, rickety, , gas-guzzlers.

The process of soliciting designs and bids for a new-generation delivery vehicle has been long and drawn out, dating back to 2015. The eventual winner, Oshkosh's New Generation Delivery Vehicle , has been criticized not for its dorky looks but because the gas-powered NGDV is nearly as fuel-thirsty as the old Grummans. The EPA requested that the Postal Service reconsider, but the USPS

 

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The bias isn't a good look.

Interesting.. We can't use full EV 400cf vans as currently their weight would mean you'd need a class C licence for a payload any bigger than your lunchbox

Do you really need to label them “gas guzzling”? I’d expect that from Motor Trend but your magazine is better than that.

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