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FearlessF

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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #546 on: August 09, 2021, 10:23:22 AM »
I would think FedEx and UPS delivery vans put on more miles in a day, but then I'm in a rural area
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #547 on: August 09, 2021, 12:19:33 PM »
Yeah, I'm thinking urban delivery vehicles.  We have a ton around here obviously.

I was surprised the new postal vehicle was not electric.
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« Reply #548 on: August 09, 2021, 01:51:15 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 09, 2021, 12:19:33 PM
Yeah, I'm thinking urban delivery vehicles.  We have a ton around here obviously.

I was surprised the new postal vehicle was not electric.
Government action doesn't correlate with government rhetoric?
I'm shocked!  Shocked, I tell you!
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #549 on: August 09, 2021, 02:32:45 PM »
a fleet of electric vehicles won't save the USPS
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« Reply #550 on: August 09, 2021, 03:18:24 PM »
Stamps would sell for $20 apiece…
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« Reply #551 on: August 09, 2021, 03:24:18 PM »
electronic stamps? 
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #552 on: August 09, 2021, 04:02:40 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 09, 2021, 03:24:18 PM
electronic stamps?
Those would be $30. Production costs, and all...

A lot of hard work creating the digital stamp, printing it, and then scanning it so that you can sell it electronically. You know, typical gov't efficiency. 
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #553 on: August 09, 2021, 04:11:27 PM »
Presuming this EF-150 is about the cost of an F-150 and cheaper to operate, and presuming a van would be the same, a large organization should be able to save money by acquiring a fleet of them for urban use.

No need for oil changes, brake repairs, gasoline, coolant flush, etc.
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #554 on: August 09, 2021, 11:42:02 PM »
I just read an interesting article about charging your EV that I haven’t seen discussed before. Essentially instead of driving to a destination and finding a charger you simply go where you want and order a charge just like you would order an Uber or Lyft. A service will come to your car with a giant battery and level 3 fast charge your car wherever you are. The mobile charge service is essentially a giant battery on wheels and can charge multiple cars in one trip. 

It certainly solves a lot of infrastructure problems. There are so many things that can be invented to make this easier but we keep thinking in terms of using gas etc. 
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« Reply #555 on: August 10, 2021, 12:04:27 AM »
Of course by "we" you mean "those corporations in power" and yes, they're going to want to utilize as much of their existing infrastructure and ideas that are already in place.  
Their lobbyists will try to kill any new ideas, unless they get in on the ground floor and are given a virtual monopoly from the start.
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #556 on: August 10, 2021, 06:40:20 AM »
Corporations are slaves to market forces, unless you believe Exxon bought up the patent for the 80 mpg carburetor back in the day, etc.

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« Reply #557 on: August 10, 2021, 07:32:52 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 10, 2021, 12:04:27 AM
Of course by "we" you mean "those corporations in power" and yes, they're going to want to utilize as much of their existing infrastructure and ideas that are already in place. 
Their lobbyists will try to kill any new ideas, unless they get in on the ground floor and are given a virtual monopoly from the start.
Of course they’re going to want to continue to use their existing infrastructure but ask Sears how that’s going for them. 
Time marches on.  
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Re: Electric Vehicles - Your Interest level
« Reply #558 on: August 10, 2021, 07:42:28 AM »
I posted before the list of companies in the Dow 30 over time, it's a pretty clear indication of how large companies fail because they don't adjust to market forces.

Only a handful are left even from 1980.  Look at GE, once a very powerful large company now one bordering on failure, trying to survive.

EVs are coming, and sooner than I expected.  GM and Ford have clearly cast their lot with EVs.  I SUSPECT in 15-20 years, we will be awash with oil.
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« Reply #559 on: August 10, 2021, 07:48:50 AM »
ordering a mobile charge for your EV comes at a cost (labor) and puts a person to work (unskilled labor)

I hope to benefit from being awash in oil and seeing the price of gasoline at 49 cents a gallon as in my youth
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