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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by Spooky23 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:29PM (#16439980)
Rural delivery has always been private vehicles. Carriers with spouses who have good jobs buy right hand drive Subaru’s. Everyone else drives some hooptie mobile.

A lot of farm spouses used to do this gig. A moderately reliable car and a mechanically inclination is a key to success — cars need brakes every 3-6 weeks.

USPS in general started buying more low bidder commercial vehicles because their package volumes have increased and the bespoke, cheap mail trucks were too small.

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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by ams6110 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:14PM (#16440462)
Jeep used to sell a RHD Cherokee for delivery. I think, or maybe they were re-imported. But I've seen more than a few rural carriers driving these. Older Jeeps tend to rust out so there may not be many of them on the road these days.
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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:56PM (#16440276)
Sometimes a Model S will do:

https://electrek.co/2016/02/25/mail-man-tesla-model-s/

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