The Grumman LLV—for Long Life Vehicle—mail truck is proof that sometimes federal bureaucrats get it right. The aluminum-bodied lump just completed four decades as the principal mail carrier for the ...

Tanfield Group, the parent company of Smith Electric Vehicles, recently announced plans to work with AM General to develop a battery powered postal delivery vehicle.The collaborative effort between ...

For nearly three decades, the US Postal Service (USPS) has depended on its 100,000-strong fleet of Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) as its primary mail delivery vehicle. The vehicle — a familiar sight ...

The boxy, right-hand-drive trucks that deliver mail all across the US have a name: the Grumman Long Life Vehicle. But, as quickly as you may have learned its name, you’ll soon need to forget it. On ...

The United States Postal Service has been trying to replace its extremely long-serving and inefficient (and flammable) Grumman LLV postal vehicles for a while now. This involved an extended RFP ...

Mail carriers have a pretty darn demanding job. They spend their days waking up at ungodly morning hours in rain, snow, or shine to bring our letters and packages. That said, who on Earth thought it ...

As federal government agencies add electric vehicles to their fleet, will consumers notice and follow along? If an agency such as the USPS, who is seen be everyone, employs electric vehicles in daily ...