I don’t understand why numerous delivery vehicles and local buses aren’t electric by now. The Amazon and UPS ones around here are still diesel.
These types of vehicle are the obvious first good uses of the EV but, they ain’t here.
Their routes are well over 100 miles long.
You obviously don’t live where there are hills. My town bought electric buses, and had to change the routes to avoid hills, as they would only go about 5 MPH uphills. Then of course the added cost, and quick replacement of each one. Better though, is the electric powered ferry boats, that are running on batteries charged by diesel engines. I wonder what will happen if the salt water comes into contact with the batteries and motors, like when happens in storms, wrecks or over time with the hulls begin leaking.
Amazon owns 20% of ev maker Rivian. Reports are that Amazon has purchased Rivian’s entire first year of production.
UPS is working with some other ev builders. I think Arrival is one of them.
Delivery fleets are perfectly suited for ev use. Short haul and they always know where they will be charging.
When the major USPS LLV replacement contract was released this year a major surprise is that it didn’t go to one of the ev bidders. It went to Oshkosh a DoD firm. But I suppose Oshkosh does have the ability to install electric drive, they just don’t make them.