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Six years in the making, the distinctive vehicle has been labelled an ugly duckling by some of its kinder critics A prototype of the new mail truck Oshkosh will build for the US Postal Service. Sleek, modern and a bit like Justin Timberlake’s face, apparently. Photograph: USPS When the United States Postal Service unveiled its futuristic new mail truck, it must have been hoping for a positive response. After all, there hasn’t been a new USPS truck since 1994 and designers have been working on the upgrade for six long years. But images of the new delivery vehicle, delicately posed...

USPS Unveils Next Generation Mail Truck to Mixed Reactions 24 Feb 2021 The United States Postal Service recently revealed a new set of electric and gas-powered delivery trucks set to replace their current delivery fleet. The design showed off this week drew mixed reactions on social media. Gizmodo reports that officials at the USPS revealed at a press conference on Tuesday that the agency has awarded a $482 million contract to the Wisconsin-based firm Oshkosh Defense to produce a new fleet of mail delivery trucks that are scheduled to be rolled out in 2023. However, the design of the vehicle...

The US Postal Service has awarded a $6 billion contract to Oshkosh Defense a compay that's better known for building armored military vehicles.

The new USPS trucks are delivering strong reactions — here are some first-class responses MarketWatch 2/24/2021 These new mail trucks don’t have everyone’s stamp of approval.  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has rolled out a preview of its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle — aka the NGDV — which has been redesigned to be environmentally friendly, as well as safer and more comfortable for drivers.  But the redesign that’s been in the works since 2016 — which includes a lower front hood and an extended windshield that can help the letter carriers spot pedestrians and cyclists be...

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