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The New Mail Truck Is Going Viral Again, And Pretty Much Everyone Is Defending It

Matt Stopera
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In case you didn't know, the USPS truck got a fabulous new makeover.

Mail truck driving through a suburban neighborhood with houses and trees in the background
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Long gone are the days of this stale-ass inefficient design.

USPS mail truck parked on a residential street in front of a house with a porch and palm tree
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Say hello to the new one!

USPS electric delivery vehicles parked, showcasing new eco-friendly fleet initiative

So, the deal with the new USPS trucks, or Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs), is that they're designed to be safer, more efficient, and better for the environment.

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Well, someone on X was a bit late to the trend and asked "Wtf is happening?"

A modern USPS delivery van parked on a suburban street with houses in the background. Tweet caption: "Wtf is happening?"

People immediately brought up the design.

Tweet of a USPS vehicle with a modern design, parked on a suburban street. The caption questions the unusual appearance of the vehicle

"You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like," this person said.

A social media post shows a postal delivery truck parked on a neighborhood street with humorous captions about "peak performance" and confusion

"Children not getting hit by trucks," another person chimed in.

Tweet shows a USPS mail truck parked on a suburban street. Conversation about the truck is ongoing

And this person said: "Beyond this just being an obvious precaution to avoid running over children, I find this design very charming. It's like what cars look like in 50s cartoons."

Tweet of a USPS delivery truck with a cartoonish design. User comments it's charming and resembles 50s cartoons. Another user asks, "Wtf is happening?"

Other people also expressed their love of the new design.

USPS mail truck parked on a suburban street, with houses in the background. Tweet text jokes about hugging the new mail truck

"These are fire, straight out of a cartoon. god bless usps for not picking some vanilla design that everyone will forget," this person said.

Tweet showing a unique USPS delivery vehicle with a modern, cartoonish design, captioned, "these are fire, straight out of a cartoon."

"Cannot WAIT to get my hands on one of these babies. Driving around in a futuristic cartoon from the 80s," another person said.

A U.S. Postal Service truck with a modern design parked on a residential street, shared in a tweet discussing its futuristic appearance

And this person said, "This is how I draw cars. Love it."

Social media post of a U.S. postal truck partially sunken into a road, with text expressing confusion

Ultimately, I can't wait to see one of these things in the wild. As a fan of this Dr. Seuss-esque design, I love a car straight out of the Fairly OddParents.

USPS electric mail delivery vehicle prototype displayed next to a postal service van, showcasing future eco-friendly transport solutions
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