In the rural areas of western Washington that I grew up in, it was not uncommon to see the mail delivery being done with a personal vehicle. The carrier was paid a vehicle stipend, so the more fuel efficient the vehicle, the better for them. I remember more than one using a VW bug back in the 70's. -Tom
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 8:26 AM, K O via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > My postal carrier would sure switch! He always delivers the mail to me > when I am working on my EV so he can see the progress..beats taking the > stairs too!Ian Wright may be better placed to offer a free truck as that is > what his new company is building.. He was an early Tesla designer, built > the Wrightspeed, with a T-zero motor if i recall correctly. > BTW I blew my DC-DC converter of 12 years+, a Zivan, Any endorsements for > current market products out there? Willing to test your product in > development = I will be showing at this year 10th anniversary Makers Faire > in San Mateo,CA seeya,KO > > I don't shop where I can't charge. > > > Excellent idea Lee - I can see it now. Postperson enters Tesla Showroom > and says > 'I drive a Tesla Mail Carrier for work, now I want the Model S for play.' > > Rush > www.TucsonEV.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:04:00 -0600 > From: Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] [SPAM?] EVLN: Will replacement USPS mail-trucks be > Electric? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > <snip> > > They might not "hook" the mail carriers themselves. They're not likely > to be rich enough to afford one. > > But I *can* see using the model S ust to get the mail carriers to be > enthusiastic supporters of EVs. After all, they get to drive a sports > car instead of a truck! > > Then Tesla can sell customized EV "mail trucks" to the Post Office for > some inflated price, to get back all the money they spent on the free > samples. > > > > -- > We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. > -- George Matthew Adams > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, [email protected] > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150321/e6ff8b4c/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150322/c6ce418c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
