Lawsuit could delay replacement for aging postal fleet
3 years, 4 months ago

Lawsuit could delay replacement for aging postal fleet

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Postal workers thrilled at the prospect of making deliveries in modern, comfortable and environmentally friendly vehicles are soldiering on in their aging, spartan trucks. “The longer this drags on, the more lives are at risk,” said John Graham, a postal carrier who operates one of the old vehicles in Portland, Maine. They’re built on a General Motors chassis with a body provided by Grumman and they’re powered by a four-cylinder engine that was supposed to deliver fuel economy — but in reality provides about 9 miles per gallon on stop-and-go routes. It’s a greener vehicle with modern amenities like climate control and safety features like air bags, backup cameras and collision avoidance.

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USPS’ long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers
3 months, 1 week ago

USPS’ long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ga. — The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. Odd appearance aside, the first handful of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles that rolled onto postal routes in August in Athens, Georgia, are getting rave reviews from letter carriers accustomed to cantankerous older vehicles that lack modern safety features and are prone to breaking down …

16 states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits
2 years, 7 months ago

16 states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits

Associated Press  

California and 15 states that want the U.S. Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the states and environmental groups in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program. All three of them target the environmental review underpinning the Postal Service’s planned purchase of …

California lawsuit seeks to stop USPS plan to buy gas-powered trucks
2 years, 7 months ago

California lawsuit seeks to stop USPS plan to buy gas-powered trucks

LA Times  

Four environmental groups that want the U.S. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in California, asks a judge to order the Postal Service to conduct a more thorough environmental review before moving forward with the next-generation vehicle program. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency …

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles
2 years, 10 months ago

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

Associated Press  

Postal Service said Wednesday it cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles — and getting some of them on delivery routes next year — despite pushback from the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental groups have pushed back because only 10% of the vehicles would be electric-powered under the Postal Service contract with the manufacturer, Wisconsin-based Oshkosh …

USPS selects Oshkosh Defense to build greener mail truck
3 years, 10 months ago

USPS selects Oshkosh Defense to build greener mail truck

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States Post Office said Tuesday that it has chosen Oshkosh Defense to build its next-generation mail-delivery vehicle, part of an effort to make the USPS more environmentally friendly by switching a portion of its huge fleet to electric vehicles. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp., will assemble 50,000 to 165,000 of the new Next …

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