Chevy, Ford... going into electric trucks.
We're living in exciting times. Ford intend to have cargo space infront in place of the engines. And think of roomy interior and high ground clearance without those gear boxes and power train wi...
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Groover wrote:time2roll wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:Is that why UPS is buying 1,000 EV vans, converting 1500 trucks in NY, and 125 Tesla Semi on order?
UPS tried the electric local delivery truck scenario and quickly found out that 'being green' wasn't the way to go.
https://electrek.co/2018/06/15/ups-fleet-1000-electric-vans-workhorse/
UPS tried diesels in my area but quickly abandoned that and the drivers I asked about it were very happy to go back to gas. So, no more diesel trucks for you either?
Yea, a modern diesel and delivery truck that makes constant stops like UPS aren't going to work very well. I love my modern era diesel and it works great for me but I could saved them some money and told them that it wouldn't work in their case.
Dan
