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Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV

In the same Tanfield Group trading statement where the company commented on the termination of its agreement with Ford it revealed a new collaboration with AM General. Smith and AM General are developing a prototype battery-powered version of the Long Life Vehicle used by the US Postal Service. The LLV developed by Grumman in the 1980s is based on chassis components from the first-generation Chevy S10 pickup and is currently powered by a GM 2.2-liter EcoTec four cylinder engine. There are currently 178,000 LLVs in service with the USPS. ... Read more →

U.S. Postal Service gets 6,500 new alternative power vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski

As part of the U.S. General Services Administration's recent $210 million purchase of new vehicles from Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service is set to replace some 6,500 ...

Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. Postal Service gets 6,500 new alternative power vehicles 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the U.S. General Services Administration's recent $210 million purchase of new vehicles from Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service is set to replace some 6,500 vehicles from its current fleet with more fuel efficient models. Of that number, 1,000 of the new ...

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