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Oshkosh takes victory lap over Postal Service delivery truck contract

Oshkosh Truck Corp. (NYSE: OSK) can make 100% battery-electric delivery trucks for the U.S. Postal Service, undercutting an assertion by Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) that being its passed over for the contract dooms the mail service to remaining a source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

Not so, Oshkosh President and CEO John Pfeifer told analysts on the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings call Wednesday.

“We can do 100% electric vehicles from Day One,” Pfeiffer said. “If the...

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Port gridlock could blow up Fourth of July fireworks sales

Ocean container vessel and port terminals.

Fireworks distributors are warning that consumers may not get their sparklers, bottle rockets, firecrackers and Roman candles in time to celebrate the Fourth of July because of container shipping backlogs that are choking U.S. ports. 

The National Fireworks Association on Wednesday asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to intervene and return the system to pre-COVID levels. “If this is not done within the next few weeks, we fear that this year’s fireworks season will never take place,”...

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The Daily Dash: Buttigieg supports raising fuel taxes; a truck driver’s life-or-death decision

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the debate over infrastructure investment is sure to heat up as President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary nominee, Pete Buttigieg, has said raising fuel taxes is an option. Plus, a truck driver was forced to make a life-or-death decision, and a January freight lull may have finally arrived.

Paying for infrastructure

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg acknowledged...

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