The electric trucks have a side cargo door, more space and, critically, air-conditioning, promising some long-overdue relief for carriers, who haven’t had an upgrade since the 1980s.
Just a really faint memory but I recall during COVID there was big negativity with USPS not doing their due diligence to select the best option and some other shady USPS dealings at the time.
I wonder if they changed the proposed vehicle since then.
Originally they wanted to mainly procure ICE vehicles, because Trump. Then they changed it to mainly EVs because the reasonable people were in charge for a time. Those EVs have generally been well received by the drivers. Who knows what happens next.
Based off of memory, they didn’t, and this contract was awarded to a defense contractor who built this thing that only gets 13MPG instead of the EV option we were told we’d be getting and I believe they each cost well over $100k per unit. They were forced to build more EVs as promised but these still cost $192k per truck, about as much as a Lamborghini Huracán.
Just a really faint memory but I recall during COVID there was big negativity with USPS not doing their due diligence to select the best option and some other shady USPS dealings at the time.
I wonder if they changed the proposed vehicle since then.
Originally they wanted to mainly procure ICE vehicles, because Trump. Then they changed it to mainly EVs because the reasonable people were in charge for a time. Those EVs have generally been well received by the drivers. Who knows what happens next.
Based off of memory, they didn’t, and this contract was awarded to a defense contractor who built this thing that only gets 13MPG instead of the EV option we were told we’d be getting and I believe they each cost well over $100k per unit. They were forced to build more EVs as promised but these still cost $192k per truck, about as much as a Lamborghini Huracán.