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Oshkosh launches EV and other tech for specialty vehicles with safety, quiet and cleanliness in mind

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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At CES 2025 for the first time ever, Oshkosh launched a number of specialty vehicles with electric power, safety, quiet and cleanliness in mind.

It’s an example of the trend of non-tech companies showing up with technology that makes products better but doesn’t take center stage. In this case, the 107-year-old company is bringing us EV postal service trucks, collision avoidance for first responders, and garbage pickup robots.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.