Ah, rural.
Got it!
- Mark
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> On Jul 8, 2020, at 2:58 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
>
> Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote:
>> 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
Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote:
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.
Hi Peter,
25-30 miles is about right for
Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote:
Similarly, I think that the six SCT Rabbit conversions that were in
fleet service for the city of Portland, OR in the 1980's got a similar
reception from the city employees that were "forced" to drive them...
Designing ~any~ vehicle to be difficultly different from
I see similar attitudes of resistance to change working for USPS as their
commissioning agent for retrofitting HVAC projects. The engineers design the
same systems they had before, just slightly more efficient. They could totally
insulate the buildings, seal all the leaks, use heat recovery
Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote:
Short range?
I thought that USPS vehicles actually don’t go many miles.
At the time my dad worked there, the postal vans were only used for
"mounted" (rural) routes, which could be quite long in sparsely
populated areas.
Urban routes were generally done on
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" wrote:
> Short range?
>
Short range?
I thought that USPS vehicles actually don’t go many miles.
- Mark
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> On Jul 8, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
>
> Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote:
>> I was around when a pilot EV program in Alameda was scrapped because the
>>
Similarly, I think that the six SCT Rabbit conversions that were in
fleet service for the city of Portland, OR in the 1980's got a
similar reception from the city employees that were "forced" to drive
them. It was part of a federally-funded study, and drivers were
expected to complete a
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:
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:
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