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shawn_w 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut ...

It's not based on the Transit. One of the submitted designs was, but it didn't win the contract bid.

Edit: looks like it was an early prototype from Oshkosh with very little in common with the final product:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a19445176/this-ford-transi...

and

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/02/23/oshko... mentions not using the Transit design.

dialup_sounds 4 months ago [–]

"Based on" meaning that's what they started with: the same heavy delivery truck that everyone uses. It's clearly not a Transit (USPS already has E Transits in service) but they obviously didn't just take a light truck and then add a pound to skirt emissions, either.

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