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posted by martyb on Friday May 15 2020, @05:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the plugging-in-to-the-future dept.

CNet:

It's going to be awhile longer before the US Postal Service receives new mail delivery vehicles. The USPS has reportedly once again delayed its ongoing proposal process because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trucks.com first reported the delay on Tuesday after the request for proposal period was supposed to end on March 27. Now, the service's latest filing pegs July 14 as the final date. A handful of companies have already provided prototype next-generation mail delivery vehicles in hopes of receiving a multibillion-dollar contract for the business.

The update is meant to introduce 200,000 replacement vehicles that incorporate electrification.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @07:52PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @07:52PM (#994743)

    All this "big data" is an obamanation but there is once piece of entirely good tech that really does save lives and resources. An instantaneous fuel consumption meter makes people ease up on the accelerator just by letting them know exactly what the cost of their choices are. If they made them smart enough to show the cost in dollars per hour instead of miles per gallon it would work even better.

    Then make one that calculates the cost of your hard braking and we'd have better drivers overnight......

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @08:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @08:01PM (#994746)

    #MAGALERT #EDUMACATION #ECOMONY

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @08:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @08:44PM (#994755)

    If driving were all about AtoB or the above levels of effective tyre and fuel use, then bring on the jonny cabs and be done with it. Personally , the joy of driving is all about that gas guzzling corner done well not cheap (no spinning wheels or hooliganism, honest orifficer). But then driving is not my job.

  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday May 15 2020, @10:58PM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Friday May 15 2020, @10:58PM (#994797) Journal

    is "obamanaton" a Freudian slip? [wikipedia.org]

    did you mean abomination? [merriam-webster.com]

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Saturday May 16 2020, @02:27AM

    by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday May 16 2020, @02:27AM (#994848) Journal

    Nice try, but BMWs have had those since 1981.