The letter also notes in addition to Biden’s goal, mandy private delivery services such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon “are aggressively transitioning their fleets” to electric. Its factory in Lordstown, the former General Motors assembly plant, likely was the location to manufacture the Workhorse delivery trucks. In competition for it was Cincinnati area-based electric truck manufacturer Workhorse Group Inc., which holds a 10 percent stake in Lordstown Motors Corp. The 10-year contract calls on Oshkosh Defense to manufacture up to 165,000 new vehicles. The remaining vehicles would be equipped with fuel-efficient internal combustion engines, according to the postal service. “These matters, in addition to the overall leadership of Postmaster General (Louis) DeJoy, must be appropriately reviewed before USPS proceeds with what we believe would be a colossal mistake.”ĭeJoy previously told a House committee the new postal truck fleet would be 10 percent electric. “With so many questions and concerns surrounding the NGDV (next-generation delivery vehicle) contract, with critical legislation pending, and with a new board majority on the horizon, pausing the process until President Biden’s nominees are confirmed is both necessary and appropriate,” the letter states. The request of the postal service’s board of governors on Tuesday also asks the board “to do their part to make good on” President Joe Biden’s goal of electrifying the nation’s fleet of vehicles with U.S.-made electric vehicles. Ryan, D-Howland, is among several other House lawmakers making the appeal to review the contract award worth up to $6 billion to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense.
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