Domino's Pizza orders 855 custom-made Chevy Bolt EVs for US pizza deliveries

Detroit Free Press ^ | 22 Nov 22 | Jamie L. LaReau

[real saxophonist]

A guy I worked with at Domino's bought a Chevy Volt, or Bolt, or Jolt, whatever. Had it set up where he could plug it in at home. He loved it. Weird how quiet it was.

Might not be a terrible idea for delivering around town, but the logistics of keeping them charged will be an issue.

[TexasFreeper2009]

yep, this is a great use of electric cars.

[EEGator]

I think most make a synthetic noise so people can hear them now.
I think enough people got hit in crosswalks and parking lots to raise the “silence” issue.

[Dr. Sivana]

Might not be a terrible idea for delivering around town, but the logistics of keeping them charged will be an issue.

They don't "idle" when waiting in traffic. Dominos doesn't keep breakfast hours so there is a nice recharge window.

A lot of drivers may live in apartments or rentals where recharging doesn't work, but 800 vehicles is a small piece of the action (I provided my '66 Dart back in the day).

My only fear is having to avoid running the heater during a Michigan winter if the charge starts getting low.

[real saxophonist]

And at the last store I worked, keeping the homeless bums from sleeping in them will also be an issue.

[ferret_airlift]

Right, they’ll keep the pizza nice and hot...

[JonPreston]

Here’s another lousy pizza I won’t be buying.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Had it set up where he could plug it in at home.”

Did he mention how that impacted his electric bill? Not criticizing, but sincerely wondering.

[real saxophonist]

I think he said the electric bill was lower than the gas bill for his previous car.

[EEGator]

“Some homeless guys broke into your car and had an orgy. We call that a Soup Kitchen…”

[COBOL2Java]

My only fear is having to avoid running the heater during a Michigan winter if the charge starts getting low.

If your EV runs out of juice at least you can eat the customer's pizza...

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

“but the logistics of keeping them charged will be an issue.”

Especially with the warming ovens.

5.56mm

[BobL]

“Might not be a terrible idea for delivering around town, but the logistics of keeping them charged will be an issue.”

Actually, for them, it might not be too bad, as their peak hours for deliveries are quite limited. Totally different than, say, a taxi company.

[William of Barsoom]

One buys electricity per “kilowatt-hour.”

The vast majority of progressive idiots, devoid of any actual science knowledge, think charging a car takes about as much as charging a laptop.

Medium-use electric vehicles use as much total electricity PER DAY as a three-bedroom typical house uses in A MONTH. (Plus or minus a bit.)

AND the electricity is GENERATED many MILES away, and there’s considerable LOSS in the transmission wires; AND the power plants BURN something (oil/gas) or use EVIL NOOKLEAR POWER — BOTH too evil to even contemplate.

Bottom Line:
EVs are NOT cheap, and DO make as much “pollution” as anything else — they just do it miles away.

This is not improvement OR “green.”

[EEGator]

Cardboard with fake cheese…

[real saxophonist]

Definitely depends on the delivery area. At one store, I was driving 100 miles a night, because the area was so big. They really needed to divide that area in half and open a second store.

But for college or military towns, where the delivery area is more condensed, it would work.

[EEGator]

But it makes people’s poop not stink, and that’s what matters.

[riri]

Being from NY, the first time I had Dominoes I think I was about 16. I was genuinely shocked at how bad it was and perplexed that with such plentiful good options people would choose that.

I honestly think (many) Americans have the worst taste buds on the planet.

[real saxophonist]

They’ve changed the recipe a couple of times, but it’s always been real cheese.

[ReformedBeckite]

Let me guess the Obama/Biden mafia twisted their arms to buy them from Chevy.
Just as I expected Domino’s is head quarter in Ann Arbor, Michigan, another liberal Blue State in a big time Democrat controlled City.