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USPS set to buy Canoo electric vans (electrek.co)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The canoos look pretty cool. I think the retail van is supposed to be out this year.

I think the expected MSRP was going to be like 38k? Which is very reasonable for a new vehicle.

Detroit based (I think), all American manufacturing? Not sure if union.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Manufacturing looks to be in Texas, with a Oklahoma plant and a smaller, seemingly specialized plant in Arkansas.

R&D in Michigan (Livonia), Corp HQ in Arkansas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Manufacturing looks to be in Texas, with a Oklahoma plant and a smaller, seemingly specialized plant in Arkansas

So almost certainly non-union, then?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Between seeing what states they're in and that they're a tech company, not a car company according to them, the general consensus in what I've read is that a union is not in the near future...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Send Fain an email and that might change.

Hell, it would be a good gesture from the Biden admin to put "is union made?" on the consideration list for the usps purchase. These will be goverment vehicles after all. They should be made by people who have good wages and safety nets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Union made was originally a requirement for the Build Back Better EV subsidies, but non-union manufacturers complained.

With no Republican support in the Senate, it needed every Dem vote to pass. Joe Manchin had the requirement removed.

Between Dejoy's stalling the union Oshkosh purchase and a razor thin margin in Congress, getting it passed seems impossible, though it was actually one of the original initiatives.