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Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production by r00fus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:15PM (#14100260)
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_...

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Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:42PM (#14100545)
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.
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