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One would think it would make more sense marketing EVs to businesses with large fleets like bussing and trucking that could help with the capital investment in
by potiuper 5y ago
One would think it would make more sense marketing EVs to businesses with large fleets like bussing and trucking that could help with the capital investment in recharging infrastructure that then could be built upon by individual consumers.
- aaronbrethorst 5y ago...like the United States Postal Service perhaps? https://www.motortrend.com/news/oshkosh-ngdv-usps-mail-van-design/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/oshkosh-ngdv-usps-mail-van-d... The federal government is going to buy a staggering number of EVs over the next ten years, as will Amazon, UPS, and Fedex.
- maxerickson 5y agoHeavy duty electric vehicles are going to charge at the depot, not on public infrastructure. There's also on route chargers for buses. There's contact bars mounted on the roof of the bus and the charger drops down during the stop.
- rootusrootus 5y agoI hadn't heard of that. Interesting idea. My first reaction was 'the bus probably does not stop long enough for that to be useful.' But I'm wrong. If the charger can deliver 250kW, which seems reasonable enough, it would deliver enough juice in 10 seconds to get the bus to the next stop, on average.
- maxerickson 5y agoI guess the thing that makes it work out is that a bus can then service the route with a smaller battery.
- Black101 5y agoSchool buses would be great too... They get about 4mpg.