http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/76816997/NZ-Post-announces-new-vehicle-purchase-to-keep-up-with-changing-consumer-demands NZ Post announces new vehicle purchase to keep up with changing consumer demands February 12 2016 SUSAN EDMUNDS
[image / ANDY JACKSON/FAIRFAX NZ http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/9/q/h/s/u/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.19qgdh.png/1455223617732.jpg New electric vehicles have already been given a trial run in Taranaki ] Posties will start picking up parcels as well as delivering them in a new move announced by New Zealand Post. The company is investing in a new fleet of Paxster electric delivery vehicles, which will replace bicycles for residential areas in the larger centres. It has set aside $15 million to purchase the vehicles over the next two years and the first shipment of 50 will arrive in the middle of this year. They will each be able to transport 200kg of mail. Posties will deliver parcels and regular mail, and pick up items from people's homes. The vehicles have a top speed of 45km per hour. "The vehicles will give us extra capacity to meet the growing demand created by online shopping and give us an edge in the competitive parcel delivery market," Ashley Smout, service delivery chief operating officer for New Zealand Post, said. "They'll allow us to be more efficient and, over time, enable new and convenient services to residential customers such as parcel pick-ups, returns and re-directions. Capacity will also be freed up in our vans so couriers can concentrate on business customers." Smout said it was one of the ways New Zealand Post was improving its parcel services. "We're working on a range of options that will give people more control over when and where they receive their parcels." Smout said trials had shown the eco-vehicles were safe to use on the footpath. The vehicles will be used in areas where the terrain is suitable and where permission has been granted by the local council. New Zealand Post is now working with staff and unions on detailed plans for the national rollout. It has been predicted that the move will result in the loss of 100 jobs. New Zealand Post expects up to 2000 jobs to have gone from its operations by 2028. [© 2016 Fairfax New Zealand] ... http://www.loydspaxster.com/?CatID=1221 PAXSTER THE ULTIMATE ELECTRIC DELIVERY VEHICLE ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=Paxster PAXSTER EV news items on the evdl.org For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-NZ-Post-purchases-Paxster-delivery-nEVs-for-Posties-mail-trucks-tp4680512.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
