delivery fleet

USPS is delivering its new fleet: More than 35,000 upgraded vehicles are now on the road

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December 1, 2025 The Postal Service’s $9.6 billion upgrade of its delivery fleet is proceeding apace. The organization plans to roll out 106,000 new vehicles by 2028, including 45,000 battery-electric next-generation delivery vehicles and 21,000 commercial-off-the-shelf battery-electric vehicles. Additionally, USPS is upgrading infrastructure at its facilities with the addition of charging stations for the zero-emission … Read more

USPS OIG Report: Comparing Experiences in EV Fleet Acquisition and Deployment

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There are lessons from the NGDV project that can be applied to future large procurement projects.

USPS OIG Report: Security of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

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Our objective was to assess the security of the Postal Service’s EV charging stations.

USPS OIG Report: Fleet Modernization – Disposal of Long-Life Vehicles

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We found that the Postal Service had ineffective internal controls over the LLV disposal program to ensure that management followed established processes and had sufficient revenue recognition and reconciliation practices.

USPS OIG Report: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Acquisition – Testing, Performance, and Contract Oversight

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Background To manage its aging delivery fleet while supporting financial and environmental sustainability strategies from its ten-year plan, the U.S. Postal Service is investing $9.6 billion, including $3 billion in congressional funding, to electrify its delivery vehicles and procure electric vehicle supply equipment — more commonly known as charging stations. In preparation for charging station … Read more

USPS tests geospatial data collection

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The Postal Service recently tested the ability of USPS vehicles to collect geospatial data, which can be used for electronic navigation applications and other geospatial-based technologies. During the test, the organization worked with Microsoft, which collects panoramic, three-dimensional imagery of city streets and other locations for Streetside View 360, the company’s mapping program for mobile … Read more

USPS OIG: Top 10 Postal Stories of 2020

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It’s that time again for our top ten postal stories of the year! While we do this every year, 2020 saw more than its fair share of important news stories about the Postal Service. Well let’s face it, it saw more than its fair share of front page news stories in general. Here’s our countdown, … Read more

USPS OIG: Delivery of a New Delivery Vehicle

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When you buy a car, how long do you tend to keep it? A few years? Six or seven? Ten? For the U.S. Postal Service, it’s a long, long time. The backbone of its delivery fleet – more than 200,000 vehicles – is the right-hand-drive Long Life Vehicle (LLV), which has an expected service life … Read more