Mahindra shortlisted to develop US Post delivery vehicle

Mahindra & Mahindra has been shortlisted by the US Postal Service to develop a Next-Gen Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) prototype. The Indian automaker is amongst six global manufacturers that have made it to the final shortlist.

Mahindra had filed for a proposal for the said prototype contract in October 2015. The US Postal Services (USPS) has now given one year for the six shortlisted firms to develop and present their final prototypes. These prototypes will then be tested and analysed by USPS, before giving out future vehicle production contracts.

The engineering and design team behind the NGDV Prototype project is based out of Mahindra's North American Technical Center in Michigan. This Center has dedicatedly been assigned the role of innovating, designing and developing new products for the US market.