Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by jacquesm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:28AM
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Sounds like an excellent opportunity for a customization of an existing vehicle.
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Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by anentropic on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:37AM
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not if existing vehicle is already more expensive than it needs to be, due to meeting non-requirements for DHL
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by jacquesm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:44AM
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They're charging 32000 euros for those things, that's a lot of budget to work with.
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by skriticos2 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:22AM
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economics 101: they are selling them to third parties for that price (including some profit and negotiation margin). So they likely pay somewhere around 20-25k for internal use. That's ridiculously cheap for this kind of purpose built vessle.
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by r00fus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:15PM
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Based on this report of what the USPS is asking to replace an ages-old design mail truck [1] ($30k per), EUR 25k sounds pretty dang good for a purpose built small-run pure-electric vehicle. I'd bet they could easily get the costs down to 15K EUR with appropriate volumes.
Maintenance costs on electric vehicles are a lot less, and obviously they don't use fuel, so that costs less too.
[1] http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/06/broken_...
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:42PM
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They don't use fossil fuels, but they do need to be charged, and a fleet of them would need some added infrastructure to charge simultaneously. But that's a one-time cost, in the long run they should be cheaper to operate, clearly.
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by allengeorge on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:37AM
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For an already customized version. Once you start by buying a stock electric vehicle you've already blown a large chunk of your budget.
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by jacquesm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:43AM
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http://business.citroen.nl/bedrijfswagens/citroen-berlingo-e...
Which leaves 8K to do the customization and would not require the capital investment, on top of that they would have a much higher resale value when no longer needed.