fleetowner.com
Somebody in authority at the City of New York decided that the 2100 diesel garbage trucks of the Department of Sanitation should be replaced with an electric version. The garbage trucks are also pressed into the secondary duty of plowing the snow from 19,000 miles of city streets. This hasn't worked out very well. When used for snow removal the electric trucks peter out after 4 hours.
The failure of the electric versions currently in use will hopefully be remedied by a newer, custom-built electric Mack truck. Seven of these have been ordered at a price tag of $523,000 each.
The collection of garbage and plowing of snow in NYC is of little concern to the rest of the nation. On the other hand, arrival of mail at 163 million addresses is of importance to every Yankee. That function, too, is being transferred to electric vehicles, according to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The USPS, operating a fleet of 220,000 vehicles, plans to replace 106,000 of them between now and 2028. The $9.5 billion investment will include 66,000 electric trucks and the infrastructure to charge them. Fifty thousand units have been ordered from OshKosh, a manufacturer of heavy-duty military vehicles, for trucks that can be powered by either electricity or diesel fuel.
grassrootsmotorsports.com
The Verge, the new mail delivery truck.
Hopefully, the USPS gamble won't be as risky as the NYC one.
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