Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato...
by stetrain on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:57PM
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In my anecdotal experience I've found it to be not uncommon in work trucks used for commercial duty over 200k miles. Not sure about in the delivery van space.
It's a different level of wear and tear than a normal commuter passenger vehicle.
I think the bigger savings on a delivery van would be brakes. In constant stop-start driving using the motor for regenerative braking is both an efficiency saver and reduces wear and tear on the mechanical brakes.
Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato...
by fragmede on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @02:10PM
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"efficiency saver" kinda downplays the fact that the energy is being recovered which was previously just wasted. Not throwing all that energy away is material at Amazon scale.
It's a different level of wear and tear than a normal commuter passenger vehicle.
I think the bigger savings on a delivery van would be brakes. In constant stop-start driving using the motor for regenerative braking is both an efficiency saver and reduces wear and tear on the mechanical brakes.