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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, @02:44AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @02:44AM (#643702)

    > Americans believe: 1. They will need to drive 500 miles at the drop of a hat

    We did something close to 400 miles yesterday to attend a lecture and also drop off 17 boxes of donations to a specialized library. I'll be doing the same thing a few more times this year.

  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday February 26 2018, @02:52AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday February 26 2018, @02:52AM (#643710) Journal

    You win today's "I'm exceptional!" award.

    The first-year results of the American Driving Survey revealed that: Motorists age 16 years and older drive, on average, 29.2 miles per day or 10,658 miles per year. Women take more driving trips, but men spend 25 percent more time behind the wheel and drive 35 percent more miles than women.Apr 16, 2015

    https://itstillruns.com/far-americans-drive-work-average-7446397.html [itstillruns.com]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @07:17AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @07:17AM (#644522)
      That's not really a rebuttal. You need something like: 90% of the motorists have never needed to make a road trip of about 500 miles within the past 5 years.

      My average miles per day is low but I make much longer trips a few times a year.

      • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday February 27 2018, @09:11AM

        by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday February 27 2018, @09:11AM (#644538) Journal

        Most people don't manage EV maximum range in over two weeks. The half under the average, even longer.

        Many households have two, or more vehicles. One of them could be an EV (likely most, but the tpruck isn't there, yet)

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