WASHINGTON — Congress plans to alter a U.S. Postal Service electric delivery vehicle contract in a way that would drastically cut the number of electric vehicles and increase the number of carbon-emitting vehicles built under the contract.
At a House Oversight Committee meeting on Wednesday, Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., grilled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on his decision to deviate from his original plan in 2021 to fulfill the Postal Service’s Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV)...
With all of the government-backed initiatives designed to boost electric vehicle adoption, is it any surprise that the nation’s largest federally backed fleet is leading the way?
Continuing its push to electrify more than 66,000 delivery vehicles by 2028 as part of its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) initiative, the U.S. Postal Service this week announced the awarding of another major vehicle delivery contract.
Oshkosh Defense received the first — which initially included around 10,000...
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The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that a sweeping revamp of its delivery network could pave the way for it to procure more electric vehicles than are currently on order.
In a statement, the Postal Service said the proposed delivery network changes will “make delivery routes more efficient.” This, in turn, could change the calculus for adding more EVs to its initial order of 50,000 delivery vehicles that will modernize a chunk of the agency’s old fleet of box trucks.
The Postal Service,...
The following is the May 26, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
From the report
Background
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles (FoV) is an Army-led, joint-service program designed to replace a portion of each service’s light tactical wheeled vehicle fleets. The JLTV FoV consists of two variants: the four-seat Combat Tactical Vehicle (CTV) and the two-seat Combat Support Vehicle (CSV) . The CTV is to support the General...
https://news.usni.org/2022/05/27/report-to-congress-on-joint-light-tactical-vehicle
A top U.S. Postal Service official defended the agency’s electric delivery truck contract from vehicle maker Oshkosh Defense despite calls by Democratic lawmakers to decarbonize the postal fleet faster.
Testifying at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Tuesday, Victoria Stephen, executive director of the Postal Service’s Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program, claimed that the 50,000 truck order placed on March 24 — of which 10,019 will be battery electric —...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawmakers-grill-postal-service-on-oshkosh-truck-purchase
The U.S. Postal Service has placed its first official order for its next-generation delivery vehicle (NGDV) with Oshkosh Defense, it announced Thursday. That order, for 50,000 vehicles, includes 10,019 battery-electric vehicles, up from an original estimate of 5,000 vehicles.
“We are pleased to be moving forward with this much needed investment in our fleet,” Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy said in a statement. “Since I came on board a year and a half ago, we have continuously evaluated...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/surprise-20-of-postal-services-first-vehicle-order-is-electric
The long-running saga that is the U.S. Postal Service’s next-generation delivery vehicle (NGDV) continues to generate controversy, almost a year after the agency issued a contract for the program.
On Feb. 23, the Postal Service concluded the final regulatory hurdle to set in motion delivery of what could ultimately be 165,000 vehicles from Oshkosh Truck Corp. (NYSE: OSK) over 10 years. The first of the vehicles are expected to arrive in 2023 and replace the agency’s current long-life vehicles,...
Workhorse Group [NASDAQ: WKHS] has sued the U.S. Postal Service over the government agency’s awarding of a piece of its $6.8 billion delivery truck contract to Oshkosh Corp. [NYSE: OSK], a move Workhorse had been considering since the award was announced in February.
Workhorse’s bid protest was filed under seal in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Wednesday, but a public version redacting confidential and proprietary information could be filed in the coming weeks.
Workhorse posted a statement...
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The following is the March 14, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is being developed by the Army and the Marine Corps as a successor to the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), which has been in service since 1985. On October 28, 2008, awards were made for the JLTV Technology Development (TD) Phase to three industry teams: (1) BAE Systems, (2) the team...
https://news.usni.org/2019/03/15/report-congress-joint-light-tactical-vehicle-program-2
The following is the Sept. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV): Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report:
On January 6, 2011, after spending approximately $3 billion in developmental funding, the Marine Corps cancelled the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program due to poor reliability demonstrated during operational testing and excessive cost growth. Because the EFV was intended to replace the 40-year-old Amphibious Assault...
https://news.usni.org/2018/09/27/report-congress-marine-corps-amphibious-combat-vehicle-program-2