2011 Jan 28
It has been said on this web site that automobile manufacturing
changed away from inch-pound units many years ago.
On Saturday Jan 22 the Denver Electric Vehicle Council visited
Boulder Electric Vehicle Inc. to see their electric Delivery Van.
Their specification is all inch-pound. They have no SI spec.
They work in inches and thousandths of inches.
www.boulderev.com
They make one a day. They are setting up to make 20 a day. They
make the truck after the order is placed. They offer many models
including a 15 passenger bus. The US Army is trying to get in line.
They are mostly an assembly operation. They buy motors (80 kW),
lights, steering parts, wheels, seats, everything. How can they
do this if the auto industry is all SI?
It looks to me like they have a good market in that users can work
in a local market so they will not need a combustion engine. The
range is 120 miles on one charge. This is plenty for plumbers,
delivery and service people.
Robert H. Bushnell
