Oshkosh could get the green light to build up to 165,000 new mail trucks in the current deal. The USPS plans to spend $482 million initially on the new trucks, but the sum could grow to $6 billion over the 10-year-long contract, according to the previous announcements. Huffman also expressed concern to Reuters that he's been unable to view the Oshkosh contract in its entirety. Kaptur and Ryan both represent districts in Ohio. Notably, the USPS did not select Ohio-based EV-maker Workhorse, a contender for the NGDV contract.
We later learned the USPS planned for just one in 10 of the new trucks to feature an electric powertrain - a statement at odds with the Biden administration's EV pledge. The latter is a question I dug into previously, noting odd language in the announcement that noted Oshkosh will build "fuel-efficient low-emission internal combustion engine vehicles," as well as electric mail trucks. They also want to see if the contract meets President Joe Biden's pledge to transform the entire federal fleet into electric vehicles. Tim Ryan and Jared Huffman, all Democrats, called for a halt to the process to investigate possible political influence in the awarding of the contract. Marcy Kaptur, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Reps. Reuters first reported Tuesday that three members of the House of Representatives want to freeze the USPS contract until they can get some answers. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have questions following the USPS' decision to award its future mail truck, the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh.
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