autoevolution 24 Feb 2021, 5:46 UTC · by One week into the presidency, POTUS Joe Biden said that the entire U.S. federal fleet would be turned electric, stopping short of offering a timeline or more specifics. Still, many assumed the aged-out and fire-prone mail trucks would be the first to go. 7 photos After years of delay, the U.S. Postal Service has announced the new generation of delivery trucks after it awarded the modernization fleet contract to military contractor Oshkosh Defense. The Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV), a prototype of which is shown in the gallery attached, is expected to make its appearance on routes in 2023, five years after the modernization plan should have been in full effect. Oshkosh is set to deliver up to 165,000 of them over the course of ten years.