Here in the UK we have what are called 'life-style couriers' - people who
use their own cars to deliver (and collect) parcels on behalf of a courier
company (eg myHermes and CollectPlus). They do this part time, generally,
and therefore are able to fit their courier duties in around other jobs,
housewifery, kids etc. I would think their courier-ing needs would be
ideally met by even a small, modern EV - i-MiEV/LEAF - but better still a
Renault Kangoo EV which can be bought very cheaply these days (used) but
don't have the benefit of the CHAdeMO rapid charge (they have their own but
its not as rapid nor is the infrastructure as advanced as CHAdeMO). I
would have thought they could double their income. They all use family
cars anyway so space is not going to be a problem. I must pin down my
local reps and ask them how many miles they do a day...
As for the USPS seems like the posties who use their own vehicle (if they
still do) could lead the pack but maybe the miles they do just doesn't work
for currently available EVs?
Regards, Martin Winlow
Herts, UK
http://www.evalbum.com/2092
www.winlow.co.uk
On 21 Mar 2015, at 19:11, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
K O via EV 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
Both my dad and a cousin worked at the Post Office.
My dad was a "gear-head"... ICEs forever, EVs will never fly, etc. He
saw the EV trials as a waste of time and money. He was even a union steward
for a time in the NALC (National Association of Letter Carriers) union.
They had an adversarial relationship with management; so anything
management likes, the union automatically hates. It was (and maybe still
is) just about impossible to fire anyone. That makes it a tough environment
for change.
Now my cousin was much younger. He worked a rural route where he used
his own car, instead of a free postal vehicle. The way the reimbursement
schedule was set up, the cheaper he could drive, the more money he made. He
*did* see the merits of an EV, and even considered using my surplus
ComutaVan for his route. But he was discouraged from this by the other
gear-heads in the service (if I don't drive a manly vehicle, I'll be
ridiculed).
Like I said; a tough environment for change. :-(
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.'
Maybe if the postperson's spouse is an investment banker.
But seriously... someone like Tesla *could* build a delivery vehicle
that was fun and exciting to drive. THAT would get the gear-heads to pay
attention. "Wow, Bubba! You got one them 'lectrical thangs! How fast does
it go? C'mon, make it burn rubber agin!"
--
We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
-- George Matthew Adams
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, [email protected]
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