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> Now if they buy 100 000 vehicles at a rate of $100 000 each (pretty reasonable for industrial vehicles), Ahem, electric delivery trucks built by a DHL subsid
by dao- 7y ago
> Now if they buy 100 000 vehicles at a rate of $100 000 each (pretty reasonable for industrial vehicles),
Ahem, electric delivery trucks built by a DHL subsidiary (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter) are selling for much less.
- icebraining 7y agoWhere are you seeing prices? From what I can tell from that article, StreetScooter mostly produces for internal use by their parent company.
- dao- 7y agoCheck their website, they sell to anyone willing to place a large enough order (it seems that the exact price is subject to negotiation). Let's step back for a moment. DHL is replacing Volkswagen Caddy delivery trucks. The 100,000$ estimate is entirely off for this kind of delivery truck that I think is comparable to what Amazon needs.
- icebraining 7y agoSo StreetScooter seems to be selling a van with a 40kWh battery for about $50000. Rivian is talking about building vehicles with batteries between 105-180kWh. That alone will raise the price quite a bit. Maybe it's overkill for a delivery van, but it's also very possible that Amazon has a need for longer trips than the DHL.
- tssva 7y agoThe StreetScooter has a range of 31 - 50 miles. This may be enough range for an urban delivery route but not near enough for the large number of suburban or rural delivery routes in the US. In comparison Rivian currently claiming a 410 miles range for their pickup truck. I don't expect the vans to get that range but 250 - 300 is probably reasonable to expect.