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It's unforgivable that the entire fleet was not mandated to be electric from the start, especially given the post office's nationwide network of parking and ser
by dtagames 2y ago
It's unforgivable that the entire fleet was not mandated to be electric from the start, especially given the post office's nationwide network of parking and service areas where they could charge.
Instead, these will burn gas and emit pollutants in neighborhoods while running in stop-and-go mode, the least efficient and most polluting way to drive.
- ars 2y agoYou need to visit rural areas. Not everything is a city.
- MetaWhirledPeas 2y agoRural areas have fewer trucks and therefore require fewer chargers. I'm not seeing the problem here. If you mean range, the old LLVs don't get much beyond 100 miles of range as it is. For comparison, Amazon's Rivians trucks have a 200 mile range.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoOr just buy existing electric van from someone like MB or Rivian.
- MBCook 2y agoThere are probably places where gas may still make more sense, like extremely cold climates. The article says they’re going “mostly” electric. I suspect a reverse of what DeJoy with 90% electric would be good. But since he’s still in charge it wouldn’t surprise me if the number was more like 52%.