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I don't think commercial drivers are going to be paying attention to regen rates as they are trying to make 300 deliveries on their daily run. For personal veh
by ogre_codes 6y ago
I don't think commercial drivers are going to be paying attention to regen rates as they are trying to make 300 deliveries on their daily run.
For personal vehicles it makes a lot more sense, particularly when you realize using regen braking means less brake and battery wear so it helps lower maintenance. I do similar things with the fuel economy gauge in my car.
- floatrock 6y agoGood insight -- the incentives are on maximizing number of deliveries per unit time. I certainly hear (and sometime even see) UPS drivers gunning their giant diesel vans down my street only to hit a stop sign every block. So the interesting question is can operating costs make their way into the incentive structure (theoretically it should be able to with good vehicle telemetry). Whether it's worth it or not to adopt that incentive structure is another question: is the cost of fuel and maintenance greater or less than the marginal revenue from each additional package? Because you're right, currently the incentives are infamous for maximizing number of deliveries. However, the famous UPS-minimize-left-turns routing optimization story suggests operating costs do factor in as well.
- ogre_codes 6y ago> So the interesting question is can operating costs make their way into the incentive structure. It would likely be easier to just increase vehicle efficiency in the form of better braking, lighter vehicles, higher battery density, etc.