Good article about postal vehicles and why they should be electric. https://www.greatbusinessschools.org/usps-long-life-vehicle/
Biggest take aways: - 96% of them drive less than 40 miles a day. - current vehicles get 9 MPG - 83% are urban (think pollution) Such a perfect fit for an EV -Steve > On Feb 24, 2021, at 9:52 PM, Rod Hower via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Why is the partisan hack Dejoy even employed? Why do we have a defense > contractor building USPS vehicles when we have a wide range of lower cost > manufacturers that can build them much cheaper? A postal vehicle is the > perfect application for EV with start/stop routes and regen to increase > efficiency. This makes absolutely no sense. I'm hoping this decision will > be overturned and we can have a common sense solution for this poor > judgement! I don't think this story is over yet, but if they decide to use a > higher percentage of gas vehicles for USPS I'll be very critical of the new > administration that I thought would bring a little more sense to the > political landscape! > On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:13:08 PM EST, EVDL Administrator via > EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >> On 24 Feb 2021 at 11:10, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >> >> Anybody want to guess how many EVs the USPS will order? Based on their >> history with EVs, I'd guess maybe 20% if we're lucky, but I'm a congenital >> pessimist. > > Good grief, it turns out that I was OPTIMISTIC. Look here: > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/post-office-purchase-of- > gasoline-truck-seems-to-defy-biden-order > > https://v.gd/tc6Uqk > > "The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet > to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering > environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House > executive order to electrify the government´s vehicles." > > I have no words. Welll, actually I do, but I don't want to get into > partisan politics and/or start a flame war. > > I will say this, however, because I've said it many times before. Despite > what Tesla fans might like to think, the EV train has left the US station > and it's on a one-way trip. Its central terminal is now in Europe, with a > large hub in Asia. > > Actually, if Musk is as smart a businessman as he seems to think he is, > he'll get Tesla out of the US and set up shop where the market is. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Never underestimate the ability of humans to overestimate their > ability. > > -- anonymous > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210225/f95dfd59/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210225/813817e2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
