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Surprised that no one has yet mentioned the US Postal Service and their fleet of 30+ year old LLV vehicles. Surely someone is trying to convince the USPS to up

• nealabq 7y ago
  Grumman LLV is the name for those white US-Mail trucks with the steering wheel on the wrong side. I didn't know that until now. Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV
• notatoad 7y ago
  The USPS was supposed to announce their next gen delivery vehicle (NGDV) this fall, but the decision is pushed back to 2020. There's a small American EV company called Workhorse among the four contenders for the contract. DHL was also trialing some Workhorse EVs recently, I'm not sure how that ended up. https://www.trucks.com/2019/09/03/postal-service-delays-new-mail-truck-contract/ https://www.trucks.com/2019/09/03/postal-service-delays-new-...
• kwhitefoot 7y ago
  Or Deutsche Post: https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/specials/electro-mobility.html https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/specials/electro-mo... Quote: ===== Electro mobility Thanks to an array of StreetScooter vehicles, developed and manufactured inhouse, and some 12,000 e-bikes and e-trikes, Deutsche Post DHL Group today operates the largest electric fleet in Germany. For the good of the environment and its customers, the company plans to replace its entire mail and parcel delivery fleet in the mid-term with electric vehicles that are charged with electricity generated from renewable energy sources. ==== Se also https://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-post-dhl-makes-its-own-electric-delivery-vans/a-19332124 https://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-post-dhl-makes-its-own-electr...