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Re:US Postal Service to purchase 66,000 electric delivery ve... by justsomehnguy on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:36PM (#34072969)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DAUPSA

> Domestic auto production is defined as all autos assembled in the U.S.

45k-60k units would be a 1/5th or 1/6th of all domestic production in the US for a year.

Contract stipulates between 5k to 16.5k units per year, with a production run for a ten years, which means parts, repairs and overalls are going for another 10-15 years after the run. It's a quarter century investment, if not more - the last LLV was made in 1994:

>> The lifespan specified by the U.S. Postal Service was 24 years, but in 2009 this was extended to 30 years. The majority of LLVs have been on the road for over 27 years.

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