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A buddy of mine in Vancouver is a plumber who does service calls, and he'll easily burn through a tank of gas in two days in his van. They'd have to be able to
by redthrowaway 13y ago
A buddy of mine in Vancouver is a plumber who does service calls, and he'll easily burn through a tank of gas in two days in his van. They'd have to be able to go 300-400 miles without recharging in order for it to make sense. I could easily see his company ditching gas for electric if they got that though, and the far lower operating costs would justify a fairly step increase in lease costs. At around $200/week in gas, they could spend an extra $500/month on the lease and still come out way ahead.
- steveax 13y ago300-400 miles in an urban environment? Surely that's 8 hours of driving right there - how does he find any time to work?
- redthrowaway 13y agoThey service the entire GVRD, so it can easily be an hour of highway driving between jobs. Also, 16 hour days aren't unheard of. Bear in mind, too, that he might have an 1600lb boiler in the back of the truck, which isn't friendly from a fuel efficiency standpoint. The 300-400 mile range isn't to cover the average case, but rather the worst case. The vehicle needs to be able to handle the hardest days that'll get thrown at it without recharging. An algo that's O(log n) in the average case but O(2^n) in the worst won't likely find traction.
- stcredzero 13y ago> An algo that's O(log n) in the average case but O(2^n) in the worst won't likely find traction. Yes, that's the case for an algorithm. In the case of a business model, there's a lot of inefficiency that could be turned into profit. (Zipcar) How about O(n log n) average but O(n^2) worst case?