On Mar 22, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > USPS home delivery delivers far more material in a smaller area than a soda > and chip truck, Every home versus every store.
Largest private fleet, bigger than the others mentioned. > >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> >> wrote: >> 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) > > > > -- > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. Edison > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > Warren Buffet > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 585-6737 Land > (919) 576-0824 Google Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > > michael.e.r...@gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150322/13c9a7cd/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
