Not sure about way back then, but the average Rural postal route these days is around 45 miles. I believe the mail Comuta-Vans had a daily usable range of around 25-35 miles. Lee (and a few others) would know for sure.
July 8, 2020 11:45 AM, "Mark Abramowitz via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > Short range? > > I thought that USPS vehicles actually don’t go many miles. > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > >> On Jul 8, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: >>> I was around when a pilot EV program in Alameda was scrapped because the >>> postal workers wouldn't >>> plug in the vehicles. They all died in a week. That's one story. We >>> dismantled the chargers. Vans >>> were auctioned off. Here is the result: >>> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3ezx4/post-office-delivery-trucks-keep-catching-on-fire >> >> It's a common story. USPS has donem many EV trials over the years. In most >> cases, the workers >> "sabatoged" the programs one way or another. >> >> I got my ComutaVan due to a failed USPS trial in Indiana in 1980. Some >> friends and I bought four of >> them from a scrapyard; all basically new (less than 2000 miles on them), but >> deliberately disabled >> in various ways. >> >> My dad was a mail carrier, so I also had his "take" on it. The union >> management was vehemently >> opposed to EVs, and the national newsletter full of vitriol about them. So >> USPS management >> basically rammed the EV trials down their throats. This created a hostile >> situation, where the >> workers *wanted* them to fail, to "show the bosses that they can't push us >> around". >> >> In the few cases where management *did* get a buy-in from the workers, the >> trials went much better. >> But the problems of short range and higher cost for the vehicles still made >> it an uphill battle. >> >> Lee Hart >> >> -- >> If happiness is on your mind, here's a daily list to find: >> - something to do >> - something to look forward to >> - someone to love >> - someone to take good care of >> - and misbehave, just a little >> -- >> Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> INFO: 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 > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: 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 ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
