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Postal Service Will Electrify Trucks by 2026 In Climate Win for Biden

21 Dec 2022 | Abstracted from Washington Post

"Postal officials' plans call for buying 60,000 “Next Generation Delivery Vehicles” from defense contractor Oshkosh, of which 45,000 will be electric...will also purchase 46,000 models from mainstream automakers, of which 21,000 will be electric."

Wisconsin-based Oshkosh...in an October securities filing...cautioned that it was facing engineering and factory construction delays related to the new Postal Service trucks..."

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