I’m rather surprised that some of the big players in home
delivery are jumping on this. Can’t remember names right
now, but I’ve read of some of the big players putting in
orders for big fleets.
Not sure I’d be buying in on that right now.
“I’m rather surprised that some of the big players in home
delivery are jumping on this.”
And also local buses. They tried a couple in my town and they disappeared.
But batteries do own the golf cart market!
In San Antonio’s Riverwalk circular river, the tour boats are battery powered. I had an operator show me the batteries — six car batteries per boat. Run all day.
In this application battery power is very nice because they’re quiet as they move among the downtown buildings.
Amazon has ordered a bunch of electric vans.
It may be “green-washing” but they’ll evaluate how well they do.
Amazon has been testing Rivian EVs. They also own 20% of Rivian
https://insideevs.com/news/604204/rivian-vans-pilot-program/
Walmart has ordered 4,500 EVs from Canoo
Morgan Olson has collaborated with Israel based REE on an electric delivery van.