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U.S. Postal Service buys 9,250 electric vans, 14,000 charge stations
FOX Business ^
| March 1, 2023
| By Chris Pandolfo
Posted on 03/01/2023 7:46:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Great now stamps will go for 2.00 a pop
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:48:29 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(LAWYERS )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
ridiculous...the stop and go will kill it...
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:48:55 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It will be interesting to see over the next couple of years once these vehicles go into daily use the unforeseen problems that are sure to arise.
Fire as your meme points out, dead batteries in really winter locations, general overall maintenance, rolling blackouts that prevent charging in certain areas, etc.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:50:03 AM PST
by
srmanuel
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:50:08 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
My first thought having experienced it:
Technology is never a substitute for good mgt (decision making)
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:50:31 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is a waste of money and it will raise costs, not reduce them.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:50:49 AM PST
by
dforest
(All of America has derailed.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Did I do the math right? That’s a million bucks per copy?
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:51:34 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Actually, small local fleets are exactly the kind of scenario where alternative fuel vehicles might make sense.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:51:54 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This may be a better solution.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:52:10 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A COMPLETE waste of taxpayer money!
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:54:26 AM PST
by
devane617
(Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
$9,600,000,000 ÷ 9250 = $1,037,837. Are you serious?
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:55:48 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Assuming the gvt will be honest with us, granted, a LARGE assumption, the next few years could be very interesting for the USPS.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:59:24 AM PST
by
upchuck
(When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Agree. The postal service is ideally set up for this. Set daily routes that begin and end at the same location and over night charging capabilities.
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posted on
03/01/2023 7:59:47 AM PST
by
redangus
To: redangus
As well as in-house mechanical specialists.
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posted on
03/01/2023 8:03:25 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: Sacajaweau
I don’t see stop and go being much of an issue with EVs. They don’t have nearly as many moving parts as an ICE vehicle. A single charge will probably last for a shift. I’d rather see them purchase regular ICE vehicles because they’ll be cheaper, but for the way they’ll get used, the EVs will probably work.
To: Jeff Chandler
To: Roadrunner383
They better work for a million bucks a copy.
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posted on
03/01/2023 8:06:15 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: Sacajaweau
ridiculous...the stop and go will kill it...
Stop and go traffic, with regenerative braking, is where EVs shine.
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posted on
03/01/2023 8:08:58 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: dforest
When the PO goes crying to Congress about escalating costs you can bet they will not admit this boondoggle was a major cause.
Future headline (in addition to postal rate increase requests):
Postal Garage in City X destroyed in major fire.
A new meme will enter the lexicon: Vehicles “going postal”...
;-)
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posted on
03/01/2023 8:09:08 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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