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The Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) is a mail truck for the United States Postal Service (USPS). The contract award, made to Oshkosh Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, in February 2021, is valued at $6 billion. Up to 160,000 vehicles will be built in a new South Carolina factory.
Last month, the Postal Service's new mail trucks, which are built by Oshkosh Defense in South Carolina, started running routes in parts of Georgia, according to the Associated Press.
In 2021, after a long competition, the USPS announced it had awarded a $6 billion contract to Oshkosh Defense to produce the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, which will replace the LLV. In February 2023, the USPS announced the purchase of 9,250 each of stock Ford E-Transit vans and Stellantis gasoline-powered vans. [5]
Oshkosh's (OSK) defense division receives an order for NGDV fleet consisting of a minimum of 10,019 BEVs from the U.S. Postal Service.
Oshkosh Defense’s USPS van is thousands of dollars more expensive than the industry standard.
As of August 2021, Oshkosh has built around 40,000 FMTVs for the US military and others. In February 2020, Oshkosh Corporation was named one of the 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. [16] In February 2021, Oshkosh Defense was awarded the U.S. Postal Service's Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) mail truck contract for ...
A House committee asked Oshkosh Corp. why it chose to build USPS mail trucks in Spartanburg, S.C., and whether it was done to avoid using union labor.
Workhorse was one of the finalists for the 10-year United States Postal Service contract for the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) to replace 165,000 [42] aging and outdated Grumman LLVs that had been used by USPS since 1987. [43] In February 2021, the contract was awarded to Oshkosh Defense.