They couldn’t use an actual photo instead of whatever that edited trash is lol
Judging by the AP report linked in that post-
It’s the same thing.
The one thing I wish they did with these things is make the roof out of solar panels.
These things are going to spend most days sitting outside in direct sunlight. They have nice big flat roofs which makes them pretty perfect to throw on solar panels. You likely would not need much charge infrastructure for the new vehicles and you’d have cut the ownership cost down even more significantly (especially in states with high electrical rates).
Regardless, these things are a no-brainer even without solar on all the vehicles. These are low speed vehicles with dedicated routes and loads of stop/go action. There’s not a more clear place to use an EV.
Solan panels on vehicles sounds like a great idea but the physics makes it a stupid gimmick.
How so? Is it that they aren’t efficient enough to be worth the materials it’s made from?
Power to weight ratio favors permanent fixed installations. A car roof is far too small to make a useful amount of energy.
It’s cheaper to put a light roof on a car, buy the same area of solar cells, set them up to charge a battery, and charge the car off that battery, than it is to buy a custom, toughened, solar cell the area of the roof.
Plus, you don’t have to haul around the extra weight at the worst location for weight in a vehicle.
You also have to clean them constantly in this application, I imagine.
I guess they could make some kind of windshield wiper for the solar panels.
That windshield looks very expensive to replace, pass it on to the taxpayers!
USPS is self-funded through postage and other services they provide. They did receive $50 billion from an emergency funding bill back in '22, but that also removed a hefty, arbitrary load: back in 2006, legislation was passed that forced the USPS into pre-fund retirement plans for the next 75 years. The emergency funding bill lifted that requirement and gave emergency funding to the USPS under the condition that the USPS adopt changes listed in the bill to further address funding shortfalls and become solvent again.
The people paying for USPS windshield replacements are effectively paying customers, much like how toll roads are supposed to fund their own upkeep by charging for its use.
Why does it have a grille?
- Big batteries need cooling during charging.
- A/C units need to do heat exchange.
- Aesthetics
That’s cool as fuck
Remember most people look at cars in the US and think “how the fuck can you drive such a ghastly monstrosity?”, and US manufacturers sell different models overseas that aren’t so pretentious and overblown
I’d take that yellow beastie over a childishly-designed Jeep any day
Omg, I love them.
And if that is not a Trucky McTruckyface I dont know what is.
