After years of back and forth, USPS has finally put its new electric "NGDV" trucks into service, and drivers say they love the new trucks.
  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
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    3 months ago

    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

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    have air conditioning

    have air conditioning

    I read the whole article because I had a sneaking suspicion this was probably the biggest (and most important to drivers) upgrade. Although I will be fair and say the ability to walk through the vehicle to get packages instead of having to circle around to the back is pretty fucking sweet as well.

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      basically how i see it with delivery trucks, you need a few things.

      heated/air vented seats for driver comfort along with AC.

      easy access to the back of the truck

      as well as room to stand in the truck, because the driver is going to have to constantly get in and out of the driver seat, so being able to get out easier/faster is good.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • Origen@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m not against the swap to EV but that is one Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs looking ass truck.

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    3 months ago

    “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

    • keckbug@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I’m actually shocked at the inefficiency of the electric powertrain tbh. An F-150 Lightning gets twice the distance per wh, a Model Y is quadruple. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just simply the size, but the lightning has a comparable gvwr. Just seems weird to me

      • moncharleskey@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        So, I was curious and did some digging on the old LLV. Apparently it has a 13.5 gallon tank, and the vehicle is rated at 17mpg, but in actual use it gets more like 8-10mpg. So taking the worst case of 8, that’s about 100 mile range, so the NGDV isn’t really all that much worse. I’m guessing that’s going to cover the majority of routes, with the few outliers being covered by the gas powered versions.