The US Postal Service (USPS) has placed its initial order for 50,000 units of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) made by Oshkosh Defense in a deal that's worth $2.98 billion.
A minimum of 10,019 vehicles (roughly 20%) of the first order will be battery electric vehicles (BEVs), double the earlier targeted EV fleet. Under USPS' initial plan, only about 10% of the NGDV fleet consisting of 165,000 vehicles was expected to be all-electric.
