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"Oshkosh, the 108-year-old American company that makes military vehicles and
other specialty equipment, has big plans for your neighborhood.
The company appeared at CES in Las Vegas for the first time to announce a raft
of new commercial electric vehicles, including plug-in fire engines and garbage
trucks as well as AI-powered technology that it says will make these vehicles
safer and more convenient.
You may know Oshkosh, which has a lot of credibility as a defense contractor,
from its contract with the United States Postal Service to build the first
all-electric postal truck. Last year,
The Washington Post reported that the
project was mired in delays, with only 93 trucks delivered to the USPS as of
November.
But despite these delays, Oshkosh thinks it’s well positioned to help build
these next-generation specialty vehicles and says it plans to eventually
deliver 165,000 vehicles to USPS, up to 70 percent of which will be electric.
The company also announced plans to build a variety of electric and autonomous
vehicles for airports, including a robot cargo handler and EVs for construction
sites.
But the “neighborhood” EVs, as Oshkosh calls them, stand the chance to be the
most visible and impactful — if the company can get them built."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
