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Ep 269: Electric delivery vehicles and the USPS

Category: Business
Duration: 00:23:11
Publish Date: 2022-04-26 09:13:19
Description:

Tristan Dreisbach, research analyst at the USPS Office of Inspector General, discusses recent USPS OIG on the suitability of electric vehicles for last mile postal delivery. We discuss:

  • Three major benefits of adopting electric delivery vehicles, including environmental and cost benefits
  • Total cost of ownership of electric vehicles
  • Suitability of electric delivery vehicles for last mile postal delivery
  • Range, climate, terrain, and the ability of current electric delivery vehicles to cover existing USPS delivery routes
  • Stop-start and range
  • Charging infrastructure - including different kinds of chargers, costs and impact on the local power grid
  • Up-front costs of electric vehicles and ongoing costs, including maintenance
  • Different modelling of total cost of ownership comparisons between electric and internal combustion engine powered delivery vehicles
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