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Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by xxpor on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:56PM (#21018740)
These seem like they'd never work in the US. They aren't fast enough to go on the highway and their range is limited to 62 miles.
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by greglindahl on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:00PM (#21018790)
There are urban parts of the US where some delivery trucks never go on the highway and don't drive that far in a day.

There are also parts of Germany where delivery trucks need to be able to go on the highway and to drive farther than 62 miles.

Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by bdamm on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:37PM (#21019165)
These trucks are solving the "last mile" delivery. Do you see many USPS delivery vans on the highway? That's the market.
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by rootusrootus on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:43PM (#21019230)
In a dense urban environment, 62 miles is still less than most delivery trucks drive. In the US, the actual average overall is more like 2-3x that.
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by xxpor on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:51PM (#21020628)
All the time. That being said, it is Seattle so I-5 isn't usually moving at 50 mph anyway :)
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by achenatx on Thursday September 19, 2019 @03:44PM (#21019917)
this quora question has some good answers. Rural routes could be 150, urban routes could be as low as 5 miles but more typically around 60-80

https://www.quora.com/How-many-miles-per-day-does-a-FedEx-or...

Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by rsynnott on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:43PM (#21021868)
The US has cities, I believe.
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by dx034 on Friday September 20, 2019 @05:36AM (#21024832)
But even those tend to have much lower population density than European cities. In Europe (and especially Germany where this was developed), large parts of cities consist of multi-family homes with a high population density. Those make up a much smaller part of cities in the US.
Re:Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian by orthecreedence on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:18AM (#21023308)
Do you have any sources to back up this claim?