August 6, 2015 A PostalReporter reader sent this photo posted by a David Clinkinbeard on Facebook of an abandoned mail vehicle in Kentucky.
Update: August 10, 2015 – Thanks to a PostalReporter reader:
In 1980, the Postal Service ordered 375 futuristic-looking electric delivery vehicles from Commuter Vehicles, Inc., of Sebring, Florida, with plans to buy more in succeeding years. Two hundred and thirty-one of the vehicles were delivered to Post Offices in South Florida in 1981, but motor failures and a dispute with the company over warranty terms grounded the fleet less than a year later. The vehicles were left parked during a legal dispute with the company over contract terms, and the remaining vehicles ordered were never delivered.
http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/electric-vehicles.pdf
Check here, 1980 Commuter Vehicles Inc.
Appears to be a modified Citicar that were produced during the mid 1970s. Total electric with a limited range of about 40 miles per charge. Used one on a city paper route only to have it burn due to an electrical short. This one is longer than the one I utilized.
this thing couldn’t even hold all the fss and dps we get daily, let alone the spurs, bundles and all else. Oh, I forgot, Parcels