The USPS will acquire a handful of right-hand drive Canoo LDV 190 delivery vans for evaluation as it electrifies its delivery fleet.

Electric van manufacturer Canoo announced a highly visible deal with the United States Postal Service (USPS), which will see the USPS acquire a handful of right-hand drive versions of the company’s LDV 190 delivery van.

Canoo announced that the USPS will purchase six (6) battery-electric Canoo vehicles. In its official press release, the company said that it was “honored” to participate in the post office’s evaluation of potential suppliers as the USPS moves towards the “groundbreaking electrification and modernization” of its national delivery fleet.

  • DdCno1@kbin.social
    4·
    5 months ago

    but they’re basically indestructible and if something does break it’s a piece of cake to swap it out

    Nope. These vehicles are extremely unreliable, break all the time and require excessive and costly maintenance. The average LLV costs more than five grand per year in maintenance alone.

    but electrochemically there’s way more going on

    The good news is that electric car batteries are far more reliable and long-lasting than initially anticipated. They usually outlast the car they are built into.

    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
      6·
      5 months ago

      The average LLV is also over 30 years old with hundreds of thousands of stop and go miles on them, given that they stopped making them in 1994.

      Of course they’re unreliable now. There hasn’t been a new one built in 30 years.