MADE IN USA: Oshkosh Defense to build Postal vehicles in South Carolina

[Bill]

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new trend MADE IN THE USA...


DETROIT — Oshkosh Defense will make new delivery vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, creating 1,000 new jobs.

The Wisconsin company on Tuesday said that it will reconfigure a warehouse with features needed to do large-scale manufacturing. Parts supply companies are expected to create more jobs in the area.

Gov. Henry McMaster said Oshkosh will invest $155 million in Spartanburg County.

In February, Oshkosh Defense won the multi-billion-dollar contract to build the Postal Service’s next generation delivery vehicle. The company will build 50,000 to 165,000 van-like vehicles during the next 10 years, replacing a fleet that is up to three-decades old.

Some of the vehicles will be powered by batteries, while others will have internal combustion engines. The exact mix has not been decided yet.

Also Tuesday, Ford Motor Co. said its component sales subsidiary would make parts for the Postal Service vehicles, both electric and gasoline-powered. The automaker said the engines and transmissions would be made in Michigan, plus suspensions and other components.

Oshkosh said production in South Carolina is expected to begin in the summer of 2023, the company said Tuesday.

Oshkosh Defense, which mainly builds military vehicles, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oshkosh Corp.

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Hopefully this is the beginning of a new trend MADE IN THE USA...


DETROIT — Oshkosh Defense will make new delivery vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, creating 1,000 new jobs.

The Wisconsin company on Tuesday said that it will reconfigure a warehouse with features needed to do large-scale manufacturing. Parts supply companies are expected to create more jobs in the area.

Gov. Henry McMaster said Oshkosh will invest $155 million in Spartanburg County.

In February, Oshkosh Defense won the multi-billion-dollar contract to build the Postal Service’s next generation delivery vehicle. The company will build 50,000 to 165,000 van-like vehicles during the next 10 years, replacing a fleet that is up to three-decades old.

Some of the vehicles will be powered by batteries, while others will have internal combustion engines. The exact mix has not been decided yet.

Also Tuesday, Ford Motor Co. said its component sales subsidiary would make parts for the Postal Service vehicles, both electric and gasoline-powered. The automaker said the engines and transmissions would be made in Michigan, plus suspensions and other components.

Oshkosh said production in South Carolina is expected to begin in the summer of 2023, the company said Tuesday.

Oshkosh Defense, which mainly builds military vehicles, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oshkosh Corp.

You have a crippling hopium addiction. Seek help immediately.

[Walt]

You have a crippling hopium addiction. Seek help immediately.

If they are lying, they are going to prison. These are official guidances given to stockholders.

[T. A. Gardner]

Not only is the thing fugly, but you have to wonder what it costs per unit and if it's somehow better than the Ford Transit (and similar vans) that are already commercially available...

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If they are lying, they are going to prison. These are official guidances given to stockholders.

Oh yeah, defrauding the Federal government NEVER happens.

But further, even if this instance isn't based on lies and turns out 100% like the OP states, that still isn't indicative of a trend towards more production of American products. That's the hopium addiction talking.

[Walt]

Oh yeah, defrauding the Federal government NEVER happens.

But further, even if this instance isn't based on lies and turns out 100% like the OP states, that still isn't indicative of a trend towards more production of American products. That's the hopium addiction talking.

This would be defrauding the stockholders by claiming to be starting production that they are not. If production does not start, they will have to explain why they said it would, but it did not. It is hard to get out from that without a really good defense.

[Bill]

Not only is the thing fugly, but you have to wonder what it costs per unit and if it's somehow better than the Ford Transit (and similar vans) that are already commercially available...

Not pretty & very similar to existing fleet w/ greater visibility so they can see better..

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This would be defrauding the stockholders by claiming to be starting production that they are not. If production does not start, they will have to explain why they said it would, but it did not. It is hard to get out from that without a really good defense.

"We could not secure the proper approval from EPA/OSHA/who the fuck ever to build these lines and have them remain profitable in the short or long term. Therefore the project is canceled".

That is all they need to say.

[Walt]

"We could not secure the proper approval from EPA/OSHA/who the fuck ever to build these lines and have them remain profitable in the short or long term. Therefore the project is canceled".

That is all they need to say.

At the very least, that would get them sued. Without proper documentation of reasonable attempts to get regulatory approval, it would get them put in prison. I know you think you can bullshit the process. You really cannot.

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At the very least, that would get them sued. Without proper documentation of reasonable attempts to get regulatory approval, it would get them put in prison. I know you think you can bullshit the process. You really cannot.

You seem to be fundamentally misunderstanding what I'm saying. I'm not saying the company will make no effort. I'm saying their efforts will be denied the federal government and they (the company) will in turn scrap the project. They (the government) just did it with Ford and US Steel, not to mention the litany of smaller level manufacturers and raw materials suppliers who've been fucked.

[Walt]

You seem to be fundamentally misunderstanding what I'm saying. I'm not saying the company will make no effort. I'm saying their efforts will be denied the federal government and they (the company) will in turn scrap the project. They (the government) just did it with Ford and US Steel, not to mention the litany of smaller level manufacturers and raw materials suppliers who've been fucked.

They have given guidance that it will get done. If that guidance goes south, then they are at the very least on the hook for damages.

Wall Street has become vicious that way.

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They have given guidance that it will get done. If that guidance goes south, then they are at the very least on the hook for damages.

Wall Street has become vicious that way.

Ok addict, see you in 2 years when you switch to the copium.