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UPS is Working on a Fleet of 50 Custom-Built Electric Delivery Trucks

posted by janrinok on Sunday February 25 2018, @03:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-wonder-who-delivers-the-parts? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

UPS will work with partner Workhorse, a battery-electric transportation technology company, to develop and deploy a fleet of 50 custom-built plug-in electric delivery trucks with zero emissions.

The goal is to make trucks that cost as much to buy as do traditional fuel-based delivery vehicles — even without taking into account subsidies. The Workhorse-designed vehicles will be all-electric, and are designed to run on a single charge throughout a normal delivery day and then charge back up overnight.

Workhorse says they'll have a 100-mile range, which is a good fit for in-city routes, and the trucks will first enter testing in urban areas in various parts of the U.S., including Atlanta, Dallas and LA. The test will lead to fine-tuning, which will lead to a larger fleet deployment targeting 2019.

Source: TechCrunch

Also at The Verge, Reuters and Cincinnati.com

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @02:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @02:40AM (#643700)

    14 miles one way from UPS distribution center to my house in an outer ring suburb (medium sized metro area).