Haven't yet seen one delivering the mail, but my regular mail carrier says he should get his designated van very soon. He says it should be an all electric variant, but doesn't know if it'll be 2WD or AWD. Both large Post Offices here in town have made major renovations and that includes several charging stations in the back parking lots. Being built in nearby Spartanburg, I have seen a few on trailers being delivered, but none in action. They look rather cartoonish, kinda like smaller versions of the Rivian Amazon vans that are starting to show up around here more often. My carrier is looking forward to having a lot more room, especially since he will be able to stand up in the back and sort/haul bigger packages. Now, he has to head back to the P.O. a couple times because there isn't room in his Grumman and does a lot of sorting behind it through an open rear while standing in the street. That, and it will have air-conditioning. I'll miss the rattle and squeaky brakes that let me know my mail has arrived though.
all-electric delivery van, on the highway last week.
) funded an additional several billions of $$$ to increase the make-up closer to 10/90% ICE/BEV. Now, deliveries through 2028 are currently settled on 45,0000 BEVs of the initial batch of 66,000 NGDVs (of which almost 10,000 are going to be Ford E-Transit vans). The USPS made the proposal for replacement in January of 2015 to be 180,000 units. We all know at what speed the USPS moves, so we'll see what delivers the mail. Someday.
