Business Wire: -Navistar, Inc. has been awarded a development contract by the United States Postal Service (USPS) under which Navistar will engineer a diesel powertrain replacement for USPS delivery vehicles. Navistar's re-powered diesel vehicle effort is designed to significantly reduce the escalating service and fuel costs associated with the USPS's aging fleet.
Under terms of the contract, the USPS will deliver one of its Long Life Vehicles (LLV) to Navistar Engine Group's Engineering and Technical Center in Melrose Park, Illinois, where the company's in-house re-power engineering department will develop, install and test a diesel powertrain that features Navistar's MaxxForce® 3.2-liter turbodiesel engine. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read more!
