If I could have left a comment on the article making that exact point I would
have... along with the fact that if this guy is that stupid (let alone stupid
enough to allow such a ignorant comment to go onto the 'world wide web' for all
to see) he a/ isn't fit to hold his current position and b/
On 20 Mar 2015 at 8:53, tomw via EV wrote:
The USPS has a long history of testing electric vehicles, starting in
the late 1800's:
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/electric-vehicles.pdf
Looks like it was mainly the suppliers who were responsible for them
not being implemented.
...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Hoegberg via EV
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Lee wrote -
I wonder what would happen if Tesla took a page from Apple, and offered free
trial EVs to the Post Office? Like Apple offering free computers to schools,
free
got them hooked. Then they went on to spend billions of dollars to buy more.
Apple
got all their money back, and a lot
Rush Dougherty via EV wrote:
Lee wrote -
I wonder what would happen if Tesla took a page from Apple, and offered free
trial EVs to the Post Office? Like Apple offering free computers to schools,
free
got them hooked. Then they went on to spend billions of dollars to buy more.
Apple
got all
.
Peri
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Rush Dougherty via EV wrote:
Lee wrote -
I wonder
Interesting story. I'm surprised that the story didn't mention hybrids. That
seems like it would be ideal for postal delivery trucks. The energy from the
frequent stops would be recaptured and could be used for acceleration. That is
well developed technology for SUVs.
Mike
On March 19,
A hybrid basically, just takes care if idling does it not? The motive
power is all ICE unless it is PiH. I don't mean to sniff at that, but just
saying.
I am in a mostly rural area, but rather dense, and I cannot imagine my
carrier exceed the range of a Leaf for example. Here an EV might work
On Mar 19, 2015, at 9:56 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
So, not many [miles], but more in a day than they would be able to if
this was an electric car.
I also got the distinct impression that he thinks that idling an electric
vehicle eats into available range.
His
On 19 Mar 2015 at 10:26, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
I also got the distinct impression that he thinks that idling an electric
vehicle eats into available range.
To be fair, it does - if, as is likely, the driver uses aircon in the summer
or heat in the winter.
I don't think that the postal
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
A fuel-fired heater would be a practical answer for winter. Aircon might be
a tougher problem.
Over the years, the USPS has carried out several EV trials with small fleets
in limited areas. I don't think they considered any of them successful.
However, I'm
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Actually, the Nissan e-NV200 could be an option. Here, in Seattle, the
USPS
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