Inside Amazon's electric delivery trucks



Amazon rolled out the first of its planned fleet of long-haul electric trucks in Los Angeles this week, but the company already has a large amount of electronic vehicles rolling through much of the country, delivering hundreds of millions of packages.

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21 thoughts on “Inside Amazon's electric delivery trucks”

  1. 1:331:40

    This statement right here. This is more important to the vitamin then them using EVs. Because for many years delivery drivers have used an efficient routes to deliver their packages. Having a strict limit on how far you can go… is beneficial in many ways for the statement that he said and others if you take the time to think about it

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  2. Surprised you didn’t share how many miles these trucks can travel on a charge. Battery technology is just not there yet. It will be when Solid State batteries come out. You should do a segment on that

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  3. Electric is just better than internal combustion for local delivery vehicles that do a lot of start and stop because the motor doesn't have to be started and doesn't need to idle. You just go. Full torque from zero rpm.

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  4. Just keep in mind when discussing the United States Post Office – Amazon will lose millions just to gain market share the USPS can't just do that. Also, no one asked Amazon IF its cheaper to run electric trucks vs gas powered trucks. If I tell you your mail will rise by .25 or .50 cents a lot of taxpayers might object just to say the USPS has electric trucks.

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  5. Electric vehicles don’t reduce carbon emissions. They transfer them elsewhere-to the mines where tons of materials are extracted for each battery and to the power plants for the electricity. Many of the components are made in China with coal-fired power, then transported on massive ships to America. EVs are heavier and tires (made from oil) wear out faster. In Texas we use local oil, transported through pipelines to refineries. EVs are cool, but they are NOT saving the planet.

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  6. Ev's may not always be the answer but those delivery trucks that don't see hundreds of miles a day are probably great candidates for ev. Little to no engine maintenance could be a big plus.

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  7. Copied from internet: In 2021, USPS selected Oshkosk Defense to manufacture a new line of delivery vans called Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs). The Postal Service is spending roughly $10 billion on its new fleet, which includes agreeing to purchase more than 106,000 NGDVs by 2028. Of those, 45,000 will be electric.

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