Support has to be there from the top, and it has to be generated downward, or once again, the effort won't be successful.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2017, at 12:28 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > The USPS has flirted with EVs off and on since the 1970s. They've run > pilots and prototypes. I remember an AMC-made Jeep body conversion in the > 1970s. In the the early 1980s, the infamous ill-fated Commuter Vehicles > postal vans went far wide of the USPS's requirements, essentially putting > the final nails in CVI's coffin. Also in the early 80s were rather nice > boxy prototype postal vehicles built by either AM General or Grumman (I > forget which) and based on the VW Rabbit; at least some of these were fitted > with an EV drivetrain. > > In the early 2000s the USPS had a small and IIRC rather short-lived affair > with postal vehicles using Grumman LLV bodies on Ford Ranger EV pickup > chassis (the current ICE LLV uses an old Chevrolet S10 chassis design, and > gets an excruciating 9mpg). The Ford-based EV LLVs I think were deployed > only in California. Maybe Bruce remembers more about these, and will > correct any errors I've made. > > None of these trial programs has ever led to serious EV adoption by the > USPS. They seemed to be more window dressing than anything, and I also > heard rumors of outright sabotage by their mechanics (this has happened with > many corporate EV fleet tests in the past). > > The USPS wants a $25-35k price tag for this new delivery vehicle. I can't > imagine the one described here coming in anywhere near that, especially > since it isn't a pure BEV, but rather a true series hybrid, with a small > onboard range-extension genset. > > I may be making too many assumptions, but despite what they say, I don't > really think the USPS's top brass want EVs. So I have some doubts that > we'll end up with a BEV or even a true hybrid delivering our mail. But we > can hope. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
