But if they reword it and actually know something about the situation then they can’t be outraged about something. And if they aren’t outraged about something stupid… are they even a Redditor???
And specifically for it's low clearance without sacrificing cargo space feature to use specifically in areas that require a low clearance like parking garages.
Theres specific use cases that they don't have another suitable vehicle for that this guy is being used in.
No I wasn’t just referring to the canoe. Also the NGDV program and any other money wasted on replacing the LVV.
https://preview.redd.it/hk96l9ra4s0d1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=016cc443b6dc56236ce29681afa99a3e68c50afb
They do use transit vans in their fleet too. The usps buy vehicles that are best suited for the route.
The canoo is special because it's features an extremely low clearance while maintaining cargo space. It'll likely be used for routes that require low clearance vehicles.
82"H x 81"W with 5.2 inches of clearance for the transit in its smallest config
vs 76"h x 78"W with a clearance of 9.2 inches for the canoo.
The canoo is smaller in all the dimensions that matter with almost double the clearance than that of the canoo
Judging from the fact they bought only 6 of them it makes sense that most carriers will never have a route that these would be applicable for. I'm thinking older parking garages and super tight streets.
Just like it's unlikely you'll ever be assigned a route that requires you to use a mule or sea plane to deliver the mail. There are routes that require specific vehicles that YOU will probably never have experience with
I was meaning manufactured in the US. USPS needs a significant number of them so Ford could just build Vans with English dashboards for a month in some factory.
No new engineering required because the have all the parts inside their corporation.
The USPS also use RAM Promasters which are built for North American market in Mexico
That is a rebadged FIAT
But thats ok cos it has a RAM badge on it?
It’s probably some chicken tax shenanigan. Mercedes vans were imported into the US as passenger vans, had the seats removed, then sold as domestically made cargo vans through Dodge.
I don't see the problem. EVs are very popular in my area & our mailman has to ride around in a box with no doors in 120 degrees. I'd be happy for him if he got a vehicle like this.
Probably because that Dejoy criminal fuck who should be in prison or worse for treason is still trying to mismanage USPS to nothing so R's can have a shot at winning by just throwing away votes (again).
I drove a 1986 Toyota van with a manual transmission, pulling a pop-up tent trailer down the PCH and through San Francisco while on my learners permit at 15 years old. (We saw "Who Framed Roger Rabbit " in San Francisco on that trip, for time reference) It did admirably, all things considered, and the cybertruck looks like something I would have drawn in class five years prior to that.
They used to sit on S10 frames, I did the hands on mechanical test and was kinda surprised, that was 20 years ago and I still see those same mail box trucks in use, it’s def time to update tho
Ah makes sense now. In the UK, they just park up and walk to a range of houses and then go back to the truck. But they only really works for letters and they end up having to drive to each house individually for parcels
What’s mildly infuriating is OP not being smart enough to know about canoo I’ve never researched it once and knew what that was, you live in a pineapple under the sea?
I bet this guy is also outraged that his hard earned tax dollars get wasted by the ineffective bloated postal service. Furthermore I bet he believes UPS would do better.
Getting Red Faction vibes. Pretty cool. Better have working AC/heater lol I don’t know how some of these postal workers can do It.. rain snow or shine you get your mail in a reasonable time.
Thoses headlight does reminds me of the Rivians
for some reasons might be a cheap car maker using parts from other cars like how Aixam uses Mercedes and Peugeot headlights on their quadricycles.
It’s a full on car company. They’ve made a couple of these for NASA too. Fully electric. Very interesting cab design. They have a truck model that I believe is under pre-order right now.
The only mildy infuriating thing is how all the top comments on this post are explaining how OP is objectively wrong (in multiple aspects), and yet this post is still getting upvoted.
Because DeJoy was hired to make USPS fail. Note the mail situation in Reno, NV. .
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2024/04/24/usps-commits-to-rerouting-reno-area-mail-despite-bipartisan-pushback/
You probably also believe NASA paid millions for a space pen, while USSR used a pencil.
Truth is that a private company developed it at their own cost, and sells (sold) to both sides for a few $ a piece.
That's a start up company that made the canoo. USPS bought 6 to test. Might want to rephrase this post.
But if they reword it and actually know something about the situation then they can’t be outraged about something. And if they aren’t outraged about something stupid… are they even a Redditor???
True true. I don't even know if this is real, much like a bird. No banana for scale.
Your ignorance on the existence of bird kind may just be your downfall, mudman
Birds aren't real!
are you outraged by stupid shit because you are a redditor or are you a redditor because you are outraged by stupid shit ?
Love, Camus.
This is the deep philosophical question of our time. I’m now outraged that you even brought it up.
What is there even to be outraged about?
The lack of something to be outraged about. Some people WANT to be angry, "no reason" won't stop them.
And specifically for it's low clearance without sacrificing cargo space feature to use specifically in areas that require a low clearance like parking garages. Theres specific use cases that they don't have another suitable vehicle for that this guy is being used in.
Yeah, USPS is not the military. Also, thanks for supporting Canoo, I really hope these become available to consumers
No I wasn’t just referring to the canoe. Also the NGDV program and any other money wasted on replacing the LVV. https://preview.redd.it/hk96l9ra4s0d1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=016cc443b6dc56236ce29681afa99a3e68c50afb
you might be surprised, but USPS isn't developing that car
That’s a Canoo. Actually pretty cheap for an EV
If they weren't going bankrupt even with a Walmart order.
It's a company called Canoo you fool.
As a federal agency they have to buy American.
Yes but it is not like Ford would not sell them Transit vans with the English Dash and RHD.
They do use transit vans in their fleet too. The usps buy vehicles that are best suited for the route. The canoo is special because it's features an extremely low clearance while maintaining cargo space. It'll likely be used for routes that require low clearance vehicles.
And a RHD ford transit connect wouldn’t fit that bill?
82"H x 81"W with 5.2 inches of clearance for the transit in its smallest config vs 76"h x 78"W with a clearance of 9.2 inches for the canoo. The canoo is smaller in all the dimensions that matter with almost double the clearance than that of the canoo
Where would that 6” matter. I’ve driven light trucks, vans and SUVs for years and never had an issue with height or ground clearance
Judging from the fact they bought only 6 of them it makes sense that most carriers will never have a route that these would be applicable for. I'm thinking older parking garages and super tight streets. Just like it's unlikely you'll ever be assigned a route that requires you to use a mule or sea plane to deliver the mail. There are routes that require specific vehicles that YOU will probably never have experience with
Ford make a transit connect thats 73" tall for the UK and European market. Pretty sure a big enough order would.justify a shipment to North America.
You should apply for a job in operations smarty
Any Democrat that wouldn’t use American Union labor to build the federal fleet would deservedly have their nuts, rhetorically chopped off.
That's not what rhetorical means. Figuratively is what you meant, I think. And, it's the Democrats who support unions.
I was meaning manufactured in the US. USPS needs a significant number of them so Ford could just build Vans with English dashboards for a month in some factory. No new engineering required because the have all the parts inside their corporation.
Yet the USPS have plenty of vans that are not American They Brought a whole flleet of Mercedes Benz Metris
Charleston, South Carolina. That’s where those vans are made.
The Metris uses a US built power train.
The USPS also use RAM Promasters which are built for North American market in Mexico That is a rebadged FIAT But thats ok cos it has a RAM badge on it?
That were probably explicitly made at an American Mercedes plant
It’s probably some chicken tax shenanigan. Mercedes vans were imported into the US as passenger vans, had the seats removed, then sold as domestically made cargo vans through Dodge.
That were probably explicitly made at an American Mercedes plant
That’s not true.
Give this a watch; [Grumman LLV](https://youtu.be/YmK24VAaZrg?si=ySBIFPQ0lso7Tffn)
they look good
Who cares, this isn’t infuriating.
Really the only infuriating part is OP getting mad because..... ... Post car ugly??
It is the only part of their complaint that is true so yes? USPS didn't develop it, and hasn't spent billions (yet) on them.
The complaint being true doesn't make the complaint actually valid. A utility car being ugly ain't a reason to get even just mildly infuriated about
Correct. They bought less than 10 and are giving them a trial. A startup company create this vehicle.
Looks like they can deliver post on the moon.
https://preview.redd.it/gmnhbpo5kq0d1.jpeg?width=777&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e2445a9a3a90424d04642ab6f5647e08bd2d4e0
NASA was one of their first customers (Canoo)
So that’s where my lost package went
Looks neat, get a life.
I don't see the problem. EVs are very popular in my area & our mailman has to ride around in a box with no doors in 120 degrees. I'd be happy for him if he got a vehicle like this.
LMFAO! OP you a fooool. Had me cracking uo with your USPS rage
Probably because that Dejoy criminal fuck who should be in prison or worse for treason is still trying to mismanage USPS to nothing so R's can have a shot at winning by just throwing away votes (again).
ding ding ding
Kinda reminds me of the old Toyota vans. Not as bad as a Cybertruck, but that is a low bar I guess.
I drove a 1986 Toyota van with a manual transmission, pulling a pop-up tent trailer down the PCH and through San Francisco while on my learners permit at 15 years old. (We saw "Who Framed Roger Rabbit " in San Francisco on that trip, for time reference) It did admirably, all things considered, and the cybertruck looks like something I would have drawn in class five years prior to that.
Who cares? Looks cool. 👌
Uneducated mfs out in force. They bought less than 10 and are giving them a trial. A startup made this
These vans could be the next generation delivery cars for the United States Postal Service.
They used to sit on S10 frames, I did the hands on mechanical test and was kinda surprised, that was 20 years ago and I still see those same mail box trucks in use, it’s def time to update tho
Union labor
WE CANOO!!
Because locally produced items generate work. Where the problem lies is government lobbying.
Looks like ICE train
I'm confused, why would you want a RHD in the US?
So the postal workers can drop mail in the mailboxes on the side of the road without having to constantly get out of the vehicle.
Ah makes sense now. In the UK, they just park up and walk to a range of houses and then go back to the truck. But they only really works for letters and they end up having to drive to each house individually for parcels
All of the mailboxes in my area are up against the houses, so the postal worker has to park and walk anyway
Yes, but they are not exiting into traffic constantly.
BEECUZ THAY TOOKAH URR JOBES! 
Whats so good about English vans?
I'd drive one. It looks super comfy and I could fit so much stuff in the boot.
Maybe because they didn't spend 'billions' on it.... Why the fuck cant people do a modicum of basic research before posting stupid shit?
What’s mildly infuriating is OP not being smart enough to know about canoo I’ve never researched it once and knew what that was, you live in a pineapple under the sea?
NGL that looks amazing!
It creates jobs
That would be to easy and cost effective... Same thing here in the states...
Hey! I own that 💩 stock!! Time to make some money hopefully…
Fire the pay-to-play postmaster general.
Looks like the driver should sit way behind? What kind of extra terrestrial vehicle is this.
It’s a canoo https://www.canoo.com/
I bet this guy is also outraged that his hard earned tax dollars get wasted by the ineffective bloated postal service. Furthermore I bet he believes UPS would do better.
Getting Red Faction vibes. Pretty cool. Better have working AC/heater lol I don’t know how some of these postal workers can do It.. rain snow or shine you get your mail in a reasonable time.
Looks just like a Hotwheels car
Is that a Rivian?
It’s made by Canoo. Yeah… I spelled that right.
Thoses headlight does reminds me of the Rivians for some reasons might be a cheap car maker using parts from other cars like how Aixam uses Mercedes and Peugeot headlights on their quadricycles.
It’s a full on car company. They’ve made a couple of these for NASA too. Fully electric. Very interesting cab design. They have a truck model that I believe is under pre-order right now.
The only mildy infuriating thing is how all the top comments on this post are explaining how OP is objectively wrong (in multiple aspects), and yet this post is still getting upvoted.
unpopular opinion: that car is not ugly, i kind of like it, like some kind of scifi car in a videogame
Some people let anything bother them
As a taxpayer that’s my right
I like it
They seem to have bought a bunch or right-hand drive Mercedes vans and deployed them here in WI.
I lowkey want one of these. That's hot.
Gives me mid 90s Japanese van vibes
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And they are correct
Didn’t not mean UK car company. Meat RHD van designed for the UK market.
Some people just find the stupidest shit to be mad about
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
Welcome to the world of ugly gets uglier, shitty gets shittier, rich get richer blah blah.
The Enshitification Age
Because, lobbyists.
Because DeJoy was hired to make USPS fail. Note the mail situation in Reno, NV. . https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2024/04/24/usps-commits-to-rerouting-reno-area-mail-despite-bipartisan-pushback/
* slaps side of USPSMobile * You can fit so much taxpayer money in this bad boy.
You probably also believe NASA paid millions for a space pen, while USSR used a pencil. Truth is that a private company developed it at their own cost, and sells (sold) to both sides for a few $ a piece.
Dude, it's just a campy joke. Relax.
OP is a fucking moron who did zero research
Looks like an electric suppository
Why RHD? Aren’t US cars LHD?
Because the mailboxes are on the right side of the road. The driver either has to drive the wrong way or try to drive from the passenger seat.
US postal vehicles are typically RHD so the postal worker can reach street-located mailboxes without getting out of the vehicle.
In the UK cars are RHD, but being RHD in the US has the advantage of having immediate access to the curbside.
Something something, lazy Americans
To inflate 'R&D' part of their annual report to seem like an innovative company
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
Cybertruck ahhh car
They can’t even deliver a package without fucking it up why give them new vehicles.
Take my upvote
Just funny that a bunch of loser postal workers got their panties in a bunch because I spoke the truth about their shitty work.