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How does this interact with the huge contract with Oshkosh a couple years ago to replace the LLV?

Animats 4y ago
That contract was investigated, controversial, scaled back, and might end up being cancelled. Oshkosh has never built small electric delivery vehicles. Their specialty is big, heavy vehicles. Fire trucks, concrete mixers, military vehicles, etc. Using the boring but practical electric Ford Transit van makes sense. Those things are going to take over the local commercial van market. They're already in mass production.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  I imagine Ford is also a lot better at building huge quantities of vehicles than Oshkosh.
  - mulmen 4y ago
    Plus USPS can buy parts from Autozone.
ender341341 4y ago
I believe this is the 10% of the trucks from that contract that were to be EV
- loandbehold 4y ago
  Sucks that they are not 90% EV. EVs are perfect for mail delivery, with frequent stops.
- vinay427 4y ago
  That number is outdated, and USPS revised its plans after a lawsuit and other political criticism. > The plan drew heavy criticism and spawned a lawsuit from 16 states aiming to block the purchase. > Since then, the USPS has slowly raised the number of EVs it plans to order. In July 2022, it estimated that at least 40 percent of its new purchases would be electric, and in December, it said it was exploring the “feasibility of achieving 100% electrification.” The agency says that it expects to invest around $9.6 billion into the initiative and expects pretty much every vehicle it buys after 2026 to be electric. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620658/usps-ford-transit-ev-electrification-goals-off-the-shelf https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620658/usps-ford-transit...
  - ender341341 4y ago
    Cool, I thought I remembered something like that but all I could find was the 10% number from a quick search. Really Happy to see it's higher.
happycube 4y ago
From the article this is a separate contract for COTS trucks, along with some gas ones from Stellantis.

That contract was investigated, controversial, scaled back, and might end up being cancelled. Oshkosh has never built small electric delivery vehicles. Their specialty is big, heavy vehicles. Fire trucks, concrete mixers, military vehicles, etc. Using the boring but practical electric Ford Transit van makes sense. Those things are going to take over the local commercial van market. They're already in mass production.

midoridensha 4y ago
I imagine Ford is also a lot better at building huge quantities of vehicles than Oshkosh.
- mulmen 4y ago
  Plus USPS can buy parts from Autozone.

ender341341 4y ago

I believe this is the 10% of the trucks from that contract that were to be EV

loandbehold 4y ago
Sucks that they are not 90% EV. EVs are perfect for mail delivery, with frequent stops.
vinay427 4y ago
That number is outdated, and USPS revised its plans after a lawsuit and other political criticism. > The plan drew heavy criticism and spawned a lawsuit from 16 states aiming to block the purchase. > Since then, the USPS has slowly raised the number of EVs it plans to order. In July 2022, it estimated that at least 40 percent of its new purchases would be electric, and in December, it said it was exploring the “feasibility of achieving 100% electrification.” The agency says that it expects to invest around $9.6 billion into the initiative and expects pretty much every vehicle it buys after 2026 to be electric. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620658/usps-ford-transit-ev-electrification-goals-off-the-shelf https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620658/usps-ford-transit...
- ender341341 4y ago
  Cool, I thought I remembered something like that but all I could find was the 10% number from a quick search. Really Happy to see it's higher.

happycube 4y ago

From the article this is a separate contract for COTS trucks, along with some gas ones from Stellantis.