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USPS set to buy Canoo electric vans (electrek.co)
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Electric van manufacturer Canoo announced a highly visible deal with the United States Postal Service (USPS), which will see the USPS acquire a handful of right-hand drive versions of the company’s LDV 190 delivery van.

Canoo announced that the USPS will purchase six (6) battery-electric Canoo vehicles. In its official press release, the company said that it was “honored” to participate in the post office’s evaluation of potential suppliers as the USPS moves towards the “groundbreaking electrification and modernization” of its national delivery fleet.

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[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They have every right to be upset when you consider that the government already paid $500 million to defense contractor Oshkosh Defense to build new electrified/ICE USPS vans 3 years ago. These were supposed to be on the road last year but surprise surprise, they aren't. I'm sure the government payments are still clearing though.

https://www.businessinsider.com/post-office-new-electric-mail-truck-oshkosh-contract-2021-2

I swear people have the memory of goldfish when it comes to stuff like this and then wonder why the state of things is so terrible in the US.

[-] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Didn’t they just upgrade a bunch of USPS with Mercedes made ICE vans too?

Edit: those are apparently stopgap vehicles to get them through until their able to adopt whatever new standard the settle on.

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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