{"id":2379472,"date":"2024-12-12T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/production-of-electric-usps-vehicles-far-behind-schedule-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T16:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:07:15","slug":"production-of-electric-usps-vehicles-far-behind-schedule-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/production-of-electric-usps-vehicles-far-behind-schedule-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Production of electric USPS vehicles far behind schedule: Report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproduction-of-electric-usps-vehicles-far-behind-schedule-report-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2379472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text appears to be a snippet from a web page with interactive elements, \u200cspecifically a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; \u200cbutton\u200d designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-releases-statement-announcing-ronna-mcdaniel-is-out-just-days-after-hiring\/\" title=\"NBC announced the departure of Ronna McDaniel shortly after her recent hiring\">reveal additional content<\/a> when clicked. the content that is\u2063 revealed is highly formatted XML markup with various classes and icons, indicating \u200da structured\u200c design for mobile menus and search functions. 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The HTML structure suggests it is indeed part\u2064 of a responsive layout, tailored for user interaction on diffrent devices.the content is \u2062focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-admits-to-lying-about-hero-cop-set-up-by-chinese-foreign-agents\/\" title=\"Government Admits to Lying About Hero Cop Set Up by Chinese Foreign Agents\">improving \u2063user experience<\/a> through navigation elements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Production of electric USPS vehicles far behind schedule: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1902098\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/postal-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Postal Service\">Postal Service<\/a>&lsquo;s costly process of changing much of its fleet to electric vehicles is reportedly far behind schedule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>USPS has touted its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle as part of its 10-year $40 billion investment strategy for upgrading and improving the way the USPS works, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/12\/11\/biden-usps-ev-oshkosh-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from the <em>Washington Post<\/em> details how delays with the manufacturer producing the trucks have put the implementation of the vehicles behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>USPS announced two years ago it would acquire 45,000 NGDVs as part of the 106,000 new vehicles it would use to modernize its fleet of delivery vehicles &mdash; part of a larger $9.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inconvenient-truth-al-gores-woke-firm-invests-in-chinese-slave-labor\/\" title=\"Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore\u2019s \u2018Woke\u2019 Firm Invests in Chinese Slave Labor\">6 billion investment<\/a> in vehicle modernization. The NGDVs <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/postal-service-next-generation-delivery-vehicle-a2ebbfc7afec0eea2e036eef93bee4d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"began\">began<\/a> being used earlier this year, earning positive reviews from mail carriers, but the report says far fewer have made it to the postal routes than was expected at this point.<\/p>\n<p>USPS was expected to have 3,000 NGDVs by now, but the agency reportedly has only received 93 trucks from manufacturer Oshkosh as of November.<\/p>\n<p>Oshkosh has allegedly had problems calibrating the vehicles&rsquo; airbags and with leak tests, which have slowed production. The report also says the company can only produce one vehicle per day at its factory, much less than the 80 vehicles per day it had hoped to be pushing out of the South Carolina facility by now.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The implementation of EVs into the USPS fleet was partly funded by the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden had touted as one of his major policy accomplishments. 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