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US Postal Service Delays Next-Generation Delivery Vehicles -- Again

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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) by bzipitidoo on Friday May 15 2020, @08:06PM

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Friday May 15 2020, @08:06PM (#994748) Journal

    That long haul Dallas to Phoenix run seems tailor made for rail delivery, not truck delivery. Rail is more efficient, and self steering.

    As drives go, it's pretty easy. I've run that route a time or two. The lowest crossings of the Continental Divide in the US are in that area. Only 4500 ft. Traffic is relatively light, thanks to it being mostly desert and thus lightly populated.

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