The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. They're tall and ungainly, with outsize windshields, thick bumpers and duck-bill hoods. But they're getting rave reviews from letter carriers accustomed to cantankerous older vehicles.
The US Postal Service is rolling out thousands of new vehicles to replace some that have been in service more than three decades. The U.S. Postal Service’s next-generation delivery vehicle is displayed at the Kokomo Sorting and Delivery Center in Kokomo, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The U.S. Postal Service’s next-generation delivery vehicle, left, is displayed as one new battery electric delivery trucks leaves the Kokomo Sorting and Delivery Center in Kokomo, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.
The new trucks are being built with comfort, safety and utility in mind, by Oshkosh Defense in South Carolina. “I promise you, it felt like heaven blowing in my face,” Stonum said of her first experience working in an air-conditioned truck.
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