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The Postal Service is slated to purchase 60,000 “Next Generation Delivery Vehicles,” or NGDVs — mostly electric — from defense contractor Oshkosh, which has a long history of producing military and heavy industrial vehicles, but not postal trucks. Congress provided $3 billion for the nearly $10 billion project in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, one of Biden’s chief legislative accomplishments.
But as of November, the Postal Service had received only 93 of the Oshkosh trucks, the agency told The Washington Post — far fewer than the 3,000 expected by now. Significant manufacturing difficulties that were not disclosed to the Postal Service for more than a year have stymied production, according to internal company records and four people with knowledge of the events, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid professional reprisals.
“This is the bottom line: We don’t know how to make a damn truck,” said one person involved in production.
Maybe they should've contracted with someone that knows how to make cars? This is effectively a government made car.
They look pretty cool though tbh.
they should get them amazon trucks, already proven on the road, just saying...
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Reminds me of the grumman LLV. I think those things are awesome. Always brings a smile on my face when I see one!
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I like them too. Someone should make a consumer van that looks like this.
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They are very industrial. Have you ever heard one of their doors slam? I wish they would just remake them. They are so iconic!
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You can buy one of you want it, at a government auction. Just rebuild or replace the bad old parts. Just make sure that they aren’t rusted through by the salt on the roads.
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That would be great if they were run on LP gas, diesel or gasoline, right at this moment. The other alternatives, right now, are not really feasible without a huge subsidy. Why let the state further distort the marketplace?
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Smiling at anything are we? The old ones are reasonable. The new ones will also fry your ‘nads with EMF radiation.
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they look like a short bus to me lol
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I'm saying bleep bleep bleep and shaking my head.
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More wasteful spending
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How many fires have they had so far? They take too long to charge, the charging stations are too expensive (and often run by a set of diesel engines). What’s not to like about them? Why should we be buying them and paying for these white elephants?
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