On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> According to a presentation that I saw UPS give about a week ago, >> they have a number of EVs out there, though they have had some >> issues. > > Not surprising. Most are new vehicles, from new manufacturers. Lots of bugs > to work out, often having nothing to do with it being electric (brakes, > suspension, steering, body work, etc.)
Certainly possible, though not mentioned. Range was an issue. > The usual ICE delivery vehicle manufacturers never want to build EV versions, > so USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc. get them from new (and inexperienced) suppliers. Don't forget Pepsi/Frito-Lay. They have the biggest fleet. They have 280 EVs. Cost and range are issues. Subsidies are still important to them for new tech. I attended a rollout of a number of EV trucks they put into their fleet. This is important to us in California. One reason why the Governor attended. But their fleet is converting mainly to CNG...40% after this year...a good thing, too. > >> In small towns, they find that their demand for electricity exceeds >> that of the entire town! So, for example, in San Bernardino County in >> California, they had to build their own infrastructure. > > That can't be because they are EVs. I'll bet it's simply because UPS (or > whoever) put a big distribution center in the middle of nowhere, and had to > pay to route in the usual power and other utilities that any factory or > business needs. > -- > We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. > -- George Matthew Adams > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, leeah...@earthlink.net > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use 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 For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
