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While the contract that was recently awarded to Oshkosh Defense came at the end of a five-year search, it still might not be the end of the road.
Two Democrats from Ohio and one from California want to investigate how Oshkosh was chosen and why only 10 percent of the new mail trucks might be electric.
The USPS said it would like to increase that 10 percent number, but it
more money from Congress to make that happen.
The five-year search for a new, electric U.S. Postal Service van might not be completely over just yet. While the USPS made a decision last month to award a $482 million contract to Oshkosh Defense for the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV), questions about the way the company was selected as well as about how the new vehicles will fit into the federal government s push for all-electric vehicles in its fleet leave a few questions unanswered.
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One week into the presidency, POTUS Joe Biden said that the entire U.S. federal fleet would be turned electric, stopping short of offering a timeline or more specifics. Still, many assumed the aged-out and fire-prone mail trucks would be the first to go. 7 photos
After years of delay, the U.S. Postal Service has announced the new generation of delivery trucks after it awarded the modernization fleet contract to military contractor Oshkosh Defense. The Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV), a prototype of which is shown in the gallery attached, is expected to make its appearance on routes in 2023, five years after the modernization plan should have been in full effect. Oshkosh is set to deliver up to 165,000 of them over the course of ten years.