Specifically impacting poor people. Which, ya, is fucking bullshit. Feed the kids in school please. Breakfast, lunch, dinner if you must. Feed the ducking kids.
Yup the man who has a chance to become president has literal Nazies giving him talking points… Trump also keeps a book of Hitler speeches in his nightstand. You know for some light reading before bed. Dude also told a 4 star general that Hitler had some good ideas
There was a time when these were built by Jeep/AMC motors. People used to buy these used at auction and drive them after they were retired. And electric delivery vehicles are already built by companies like Rivian and Ford, though I don’t know what the cost difference is.
I would think building a “bespoke” vehicle for USPS would result in more expensive service parts. But I don’t know what kind of service contracts are included with these.
And talking about the US prior to the military industrial complex and post military industrial complex are two different things.
Post WWII its been a revolving door of “defense” company executives having high positions in government.
Remember VP Dick Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton? Remember Halliburton getting no-bid contracts to rebuild Iraq?
My point is: this is the norm now.
Is it stupid? Yes. It is a result of the growth of the power of the military industrial complex? Also yes. Is it what you ought to expect based on past behavior? Fucking obviously.
I'd guess there's a bit of MIC lobbying and chicanery afoot here. Like, it does seem like Oshkosh makes some good vehicles, but there's always pressure to support defense companies when government bidding happens.
Please note that this is completely baseless speculation on my part. I'm an idiot on the internet that knows fuck-all about shit.
They look pretty cool, too! I hope our mail carrier gets one soon. They’ve given her a van for now since I guess the old Grumman one she was using finally conked out.
My dogs know the sound of Mailman Mike’s truck when it’s a couple blocks away. They go outside to get a treat from him every day when he drives by. I’m guessing they won’t do this once he switches to a quiet EV.
Electric motors gave a quiet high pitched whine that will be extremely easy for dogs to hear and will the mailman is coming once they catch on.
So glad to see the upgrade actually has quality of life features for the drivers beyond not needing to breathe in exhaust fumes all day!
I read the whole article because I had a sneaking suspicion this was probably the biggest (and most important to drivers) upgrade. Although I will be fair and say the ability to walk through the vehicle to get packages instead of having to circle around to the back is pretty fucking sweet as well.
basically how i see it with delivery trucks, you need a few things.
heated/air vented seats for driver comfort along with AC.
easy access to the back of the truck
as well as room to stand in the truck, because the driver is going to have to constantly get in and out of the driver seat, so being able to get out easier/faster is good.
TIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
EVs for service vehicles that do a lot of local starts and stops is a no-brainer. Should have been done a long time ago. It's no wonder that they're getting good reception, after years of working with worn out equipment. I regularly see tow trucks with a Grumman.
I really wish people would get off the "you made me do". I support the workers 100%, and recognize I can own my own actions, whether I look back and say they were appropriate, and I'm fine with it, or inappropriate, and I need to address my triggers. It doesn't become the abused to adopt language of the abuser.
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