Ford to Supply Parts for U.S. Postal’s New Delivery Vehicles

[Apples]

Here is one item to mull over. If we, the taxpayers, are supporting the USPS, the why the hell is the web address www.usps.COM?

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[DeathRanger]

If I could get rid of my mailbox I would. All I get every week is spam mailers and local grocery store adds. I don't even get my mail but maybe once a month. My USPS person is a super nice older gentleman but his job is to deliver me spam paper mail that immediately goes in the trash.

 

[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

Well I guess since I've now been blamed for the failure of the USPS I'll post this comedy gold....

 

[AzScorpion]

im all about viable business.
if you cant make ends meet, you go out of business.
pure and simple.

I'm going to off topic seeing as this thread already has. lol

How about those HABS!!! Finally back in the Stanley Cup finals! ??

 

[Fawnbuster]

Ford has its hands in everything lately. I wonder if they'll put a Coyote motor in these? lol

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ford-supply-parts-u-postal-112131244.html

Maybe someone will come up with a hybrid and or electric vehicle with a big solar panel on those flat roofs to add some charge.

 

[Langwilliams]

Maybe someone will come up with a hybrid and or electric vehicle with a big solar panel on those flat roofs to add some charge.

I always said delivering mail is probably THE JOB where electric vehicles make the most sense. You rarely leave the city you deliver in, it's low speed driving and it's almost all stop an go. 50% of the fuel I used was probably idled away. It would probably be a savings in the long run but the initial investment prevents it.

 

[D Fresh]

I always said delivering mail is probably THE JOB where electric vehicles make the most sense. You rarely leave the city you deliver in, it's low speed driving and it's almost all stop an go. 50% of the fuel I used was probably idled away. It would probably be a savings in the long run but the initial investment prevents it.

Our dairy has looked into moving our delivery fleet to electric. We deliver overnight so the quietness would be an added benefit.

They were looking at the Workhorse C- series. Over the last year they've added 7 or 8 new gas powered trucks instead.

Initial cost, complexity of purchasing, charging upgrades to the lot, were all factors.

But the biggest factors are range and environment. They'd cover 75% of the routes on 3 out of 5 delivery nights. And a third of those would have the driver barely making it back to the plant with juice. Environment comes into play in the summer. Our loads are iced all night long. The amount of water coming out of our trucks all night makes it look like a rolling hottub party.

From what I've seen the USPS would be an excellent place for electric delivery vehicles though.

 

[ScrappyLaptop]

Here is one item to mull over. If we, the taxpayers, are supporting the USPS, the why the hell is the web address www.usps.COM?

The agency owns both registrations, www.usps.com and www.usps.gov so that nobody can impersonate them. If you type in the .gov version it redirects to .com

 

[Grumpaw]

Found these on a special hidden site...spy photo's of the new Ford mail trucks....
Notice the special "black out" package and the lack of chrome to save $$$

 

[Apples]

Electric?

Just for fun, I bought one of these from Scooterfied.com

 

[Trigganometry]

This is the concept vehicle. Hide your kids from this beast!

 

[Grumpaw]

This is the concept vehicle. Hide your kids from this beast!

Looks like one of the old Barbie Mobiles.

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