Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages

Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by jstarfish on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:37PM (#36637987)

> How is it you propose that someone is going to get more work done in less time, when their total range / route length is reduced by the extra effective distance they would have been able to continue with 15 minutes of fast charging added in, at the one or two points where it makes sense to add a stop in their shifts?

By throwing the furthest of their deliveries into the nearest lake, and coming back early with an empty truck and charge remaining.

Drivers don't want to sit around waiting for a recharge. They want to clear the truck and go home.

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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by yebyen on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:47PM (#36647477)

That's not an optimization, lol, and it's not an answer. If the 20 minute recharge was built into a break, with a fast charger, that's going to add an extra 120 miles onto the delivery route range. IDK how many miles Amazon routes are expected to drive in an 8-10 hour shift, but given that the top range of the vehicles is about 350-400 miles with the biggest battery, that's almost an extra 35% of range.

If the trucks go far enough, and the drivers don't need breaks, then say that I guess. Drivers don't want to do their job is not an engineering problem, whereas delivering more packages per shift could be one.

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