K O via EV wrote:
My postal carrier would sure switch! He always delivers the mail to me when I
am working on my EV so he can see the progress..beats taking the stairs too!Ian
Wright may be better placed to offer a free truck as that is what his new
company is building.. He was an early Tesla designer, built the Wrightspeed,
with a T-zero motor if i recall correctly.
BTW I blew my DC-DC converter of 12 years+, a Zivan, Any endorsements for
current market products out there? Willing to test your product in development
= I will be showing at this year 10th anniversary Makers Faire in San Mateo,CA
seeya,KO
Both my dad and a cousin worked at the Post Office.
My dad was a "gear-head"... ICEs forever, EVs will never fly, etc. He
saw the EV trials as a waste of time and money. He was even a union
steward for a time in the NALC (National Association of Letter Carriers)
union. They had an adversarial relationship with management; so anything
management likes, the union automatically hates. It was (and maybe still
is) just about impossible to fire anyone. That makes it a tough
environment for change.
Now my cousin was much younger. He worked a rural route where he used
his own car, instead of a free postal vehicle. The way the reimbursement
schedule was set up, the cheaper he could drive, the more money he made.
He *did* see the merits of an EV, and even considered using my surplus
ComutaVan for his route. But he was discouraged from this by the other
gear-heads in the service (if I don't drive a manly vehicle, I'll be
ridiculed).
Like I said; a tough environment for change. :-(
Excellent idea Lee - I can see it now. Postperson enters Tesla Showroom and says
'I drive a Tesla Mail Carrier for work, now I want the Model S for play.'
Maybe if the postperson's spouse is an investment banker.
But seriously... someone like Tesla *could* build a delivery vehicle
that was fun and exciting to drive. THAT would get the gear-heads to pay
attention. "Wow, Bubba! You got one them 'lectrical thangs! How fast
does it go? C'mon, make it burn rubber agin!"
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We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
-- George Matthew Adams
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, [email protected]
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