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

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, @04:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @04:22AM (#643759)

    Obviously, UPS doesn't know where their vehicles go. No, sir. The company that saves in all kind of ways from planning their routes has no idea at all about when the trucks will run out of electricity.

    Soylentils don't read the article, not even the summary saying "the trucks will first enter testing in urban areas in various parts of the U.S., including Atlanta, Dallas and LA." UPS must know where the trucks already fit and probably already know how much savings to expect. They just want to confirm them.

    But no, Soylentils know UPS is going to use them for long routes and fail.