I've seen the Postmaster of my little jerkwater town laying under a USPS Grumman LLV changing a starter on the side of the road. He's a good egg.
The new USPS mail delivery truck
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Rural delivery in my area is done in Jeep Wranglers. They have two, a red one and a blue one. They also have two USPS vans for the areas closer to the PO where the roads stand a better chance of being plowed. Four small towns, one zip code, one post office. Since my roadside box kept getting wiped out by plows, I no longer have one and have been getting my mail at a PO box for about 20 years. But I see the blue Jeep in my area regularly. I met the woman who drives the red one a few years ago after finding her wallet in the PO parking lot and returning it.
Armybrat
Buckeye
MHtractorguy
Single-Sixer
That bumper looks efficient for plowing through mostly peaceful riots in major blue cities. Make the windshield bulletproof, and it really could work.
el caminero
Single-Sixer
I remember now, why i was appalled to see that vee bumper;
When i was a kid, some inventor proved that it was aces at deflecting headon impacts, and then the gov't did some tests.
It was incredibly far more destructive to straight bumpered cars on frontals, and devastatingly brutal in t-bones, and the program was shut down "with extreme prejudice".
This was just before the court cases attempting to ban fullsize automobiles, as being overly destructive to the new small cars some people wanted mandated. The insurance companies answer was to increase the premiums for the small cars in full coverage, tho nice and low in simple coverage...what yer lil car does to a bigger car aint gonna be a lot....
MHtractorguy
Single-Sixer
I remember seeing some old locomotives with a big structure on the front, like that, for clearing livestock and large animals off the tracks.
el caminero
Single-Sixer
The pilot, aka cowcatcher. Buster keaton had a well-practiced and masterfully timed short involving that and other lokey parts.
Less maintenance is almost always mentioned when it comes to electric vehicles. My wife drives a 2022 Jeep Compass Trailhawk, after 5 years we will have spent $250 for oil changes and an air filter. The second 5 years the oil changes will cost around $400 plus an air filter, so after 10 years and 80,000 miles the total maintenance costs over a BEV wouldn't cover the extra insurance paid in one year. Most industry writers only compare older vehicle maintenance schedules to brand new BEVs so the math looks better. The new electric delivery vehicles will cost more up front, cost far more to insure, and will be cost prohibitive to repair from an accident or after the battery(only warranted to 70% for 8 years) fails. In addition, charging costs when the infrastructure involved is added on far exceeds that of fueling ICE vehicles, and drive motor life is starting to show severe problems for higher mileage BEVs…it's a disaster that I fear we'll all be paying for in some form of a taxpayer funded bailout.
MHtractorguy
Single-Sixer
It is often mentioned that the brakes last longer on EVs because the system uses the motor to slow the car, charging the batteries at the same time.
I don't know if they fixed the problem, but early electrics and hybrids rarely got the brakes hot enough to dry them. This caused serious corrosion to rotors, calipers and brake pads. I have seen some so badly rusted that they needed total replacement in order to function at all.
That is not a maintenance win in my book.
I don't know if they fixed the problem, but early electrics and hybrids rarely got the brakes hot enough to dry them. This caused serious corrosion to rotors, calipers and brake pads. I have seen some so badly rusted that they needed total replacement in order to function at all.
That is not a maintenance win in my book.
The new Solyndra.
I have a client who's a mail carrier and he hates the new trucks. Says they're 10x harder to work out of than the old ones.
caryc
Hawkeye
I loved that clip of him sitting on the drive rod going up and down.
It is an EV! Check the USPS website and the pictures they publish.
It will work great during the hot summer temperatures in the South and Southwest. It will work great during the cold winters of New England, the Mid-west, and the Pacific West.
Great things coming!
More email, cell phone calls, etc. to finally put the USPS out of business!
