U.S. Postal Service
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Infrastructure
Lawmaker: Use Postal Service to test vehicle-miles-traveled fee
Congressman Sam Graves proposes using the Postal Service to test a new bridge and highway funding effort.
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Parcel
Postal Service earmarking $40B to boost share of package market
DeJoy testifies that the Postal Service must focus on increasing its 35% share of the package market currently dominated by private carriers.
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Electric Trucks
More Postal Service money could revive Workhorse mail truck bid
Seventeen Democratic House members introduced a bill to assure the Postal Service electrifies its delivery fleet. It could get Workhorse back in the game.
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Truck Talk
Truck Talk: Flying things edition
Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter where FreightWaves adds context, commentary and color to industry news and trends.
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Electric Trucks
Workhorse lawyers up in mail truck contract dispute with Postal Service
Workhorse expects a "prolonged process" in trying to wrest mail truck business from the U.S. Postal Service that contracted with defense contractor Oshkosh.
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Electric Trucks
Workhorse may fight mail truck order awarded to Oshkosh
Workhorse Group is not taking the loss of a contract to make battery-electric mail trucks for the U.S. Postal Service lying down.
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American Shipper
United Airlines settles fraud case over Postal Service contract for $49M
United Airlines on Friday became the second airline to pay millions of dollars in penalties for a scheme to defraud the U.S. Postal Service for…
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Regulatory Agencies
In testimony before Congress, DeJoy rips into air carrier performance
Postal Service chief defends his strategy to shift mail from planes to trucks despite the resulting longer delivery times.
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Electric Trucks
Workhorse share collapse raises pressure on debt repayment
Borrowing pegged to inflated stock price may become a problem for Workhorse Group in the aftermath of missing out on the U.S. Postal Service contract.
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Equipment
Oshkosh beats Workhorse for Postal Service delivery vehicle contract
Workhorse Group shares tanked after the U.S. Postal Service awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh Truck Corp. to modernize the aging mail delivery fleet.
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