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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by ams6110 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:17PM (#16440494)
UPS has an interesting approach to their trucks. They call them "cars" first of all, and they are a custom design. Nobody else can buy them, and when they wear out and they are done using them they crush them.

I never really understood why that made sense, when all the other courier companies use Sprinters or some other standard vehicle. They must see it as a competitive advantage.

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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by MisterTea on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:59PM (#16440860)
They destroy them for brand protection. See this comment: http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1e65b...

I once saw a heavy wrecker flatbed in the late 00's hauling three ex-ups trucks with standard shift to the scrap yard. They were hastily painted white with a roller to hide the UPS color and logo but you could still see the logo through the shoddy paint job and brown patches along the edges.

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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by kalcode on Thursday February 22, 2018 @03:47PM (#16441236)
>They destroy them for brand protection. See this comment:

Comment has some sound reasoning why they feel that way.

Curious though, why do you post/take that commen on a forum that was copied from an unnamed forum as fact?

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Re:UPS is working on a fleet of 50 custom-built electric del... by RyJones on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:39PM (#16441653)
It's a (supposed) copy of a newspaper article.

I searched for the original publication and can't find it.

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