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EVs for service vehicles that do a lot of local starts and stops is a no-brainer. Should have been done a long time ago. It's no wonder that they're getting good reception, after years of working with worn out equipment. I regularly see tow trucks with a Grumman.
Trump’s guy Louis deJoy did his damndest to prevent USPS from adopting EVs.
There's a bunch of electric garbage trucks in my city. My kid is obsessed with any heavy machinery these days so we were watching one and I got to talking to the driver. He told me that he absolutely loves them. They are easy to operate, they accelerate fast, they seem to break down less.
I have seen them accelerate, they go hard. And it's just so fucking cool to have a big dump truck be silent?! I cannot get over how happy it makes me that they're just chilling silently when they're stopped. Makes my mornings more peaceful.
I'm surprised (and very happy) that the driver loves it. Getting truckers on board with electric semis is a huge challenge, so if other heavy truck drivers like their electrics that will hopefully help win them over.
They and transit buses should have been the driver (heh) for hybrids at least.
The last Grumman LLV rolled off the assembly line 30 years ago, and has been probably been driven six days a week, except federal holidays, ever since. I’m not surprised they’re on their last legs.
This article does that annoying thing where it uses ~~acronyms~~ Initialisms without previously using the full verbiage at least once.
BEV - Battery-Electric Vehicle
NGDV - Next Generation Delivery Vehicle
LLV - Long Life Vehicle
Initialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
TIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
Hey American modern pick up truck heads. Notice how normal the bonnet is? Notice how you can SEE enough to not run people over? This is a true utility vehicle. Look how massive this bad boy is without being a death machine 👍
but it doesn't have enough sharp edges i feel like. what if i want to slice a kid in half?
It's also absolutely adorable 😂
(which is probably why they'd hate it 🙄)
Omg, I love them.
And if that is not a Trucky McTruckyface I dont know what is.
"The BEV variant has an estimated range of 70 mi (110 km) and a computed consumption of 1.34 kW⋅h/mi (25.2 mpg‑e). Although using the air conditioner was not expected to affect the range, using the heater was expected to reduce range by up to half. Based on the typical distance driven, it was assumed that only 20% of the battery state of charge would be used each day for most NGDVs; analysis of USPS mail carrier routes demonstrated the all-electric variant's range could accommodate 95% of all routes."
have to go elsewhere for vehicle specs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV?wprov=sfla1
100 in 2024 is not a big launch. That is 3 second egg soft type of soft launch.
It's not as fast as I'd like either, but it's a lot better than the original USPS plan to replace them with diesel trucks.
I'm not against the swap to EV but that is one Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs looking ass truck.
The unusual look is to make it easier to see around the front of the vehicle, which is especially important if you are stopping and starting.
The first batch is possibly arriving in one city. (Pics or it didn't happen, of course. AP delivers!) Well, that's nice... at least they actually exist?! (That's a bit of a low bar.) But congrats to the first drivers of these little ducks.
I'm worried it's going to take another decade or three for the trucks to actually arrive in the numbers needed. Hopefully the USPS can survive our deplorable politics until then. They are invaluable for small businesses and keeping all mail couriers competitive.
Do they love them because they're electric or because they finally got a new truck?
Because they have Air Conditioning.
The thing they should have had for the last 40 years. With record breaking heat year after year it should be hazard pay without ac