Baker Electromotive Gets $24M USPS Contract

From: The Business Journal - Central New York | Date: December 31, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

ROME-Baker Electromotive, Inc., will assemble 500 electric-powered postal delivery vehicles in a partnership with Ford Motor Company-an order worth $24 million and the largestever order for electric vehicles. Baker Electromotive is located in the Griffss Business and Technology Park on the former Griffiss Air Force Base.

The Baker/Ford team beat out Massachusetts electric carmaker Solectria, Inc., and General Motors for the contract.

The contract is the first part of a Postal Service plan to buy 6,000 electric delivery vehicles at a cost of $180 million. If the Baker/Ford product is well ...

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