USPS home delivery delivers far more material in a smaller area than a soda and chip truck, Every home versus every store.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: > >> According to a presentation that I saw UPS give about a week ago, > >> they have a number of EVs out there, though they have had some > >> issues. > > > > Not surprising. Most are new vehicles, from new manufacturers. Lots of > bugs to work out, often having nothing to do with it being electric > (brakes, suspension, steering, body work, etc.) > > Certainly possible, though not mentioned. Range was an issue. > > > > The usual ICE delivery vehicle manufacturers never want to build EV > versions, so USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc. get them from new (and inexperienced) > suppliers. > > Don't forget Pepsi/Frito-Lay. They have the biggest fleet. > > They have 280 EVs. Cost and range are issues. Subsidies are still > important to them for new tech. > > I attended a rollout of a number of EV trucks they put into their fleet. > This is important to us in California. One reason why the Governor attended. > > But their fleet is converting mainly to CNG...40% after this year...a good > thing, too. > > > > > >> In small towns, they find that their demand for electricity exceeds > >> that of the entire town! So, for example, in San Bernardino County in > >> California, they had to build their own infrastructure. > > > > That can't be because they are EVs. I'll bet it's simply because UPS (or > whoever) put a big distribution center in the middle of nowhere, and had to > pay to route in the usual power and other utilities that any factory or > business needs. > > -- > > We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. > > -- George Matthew Adams > > -- > > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, leeah...@earthlink.net > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150322/703ddf4a/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)
