More Electric Cars On the Way
This is old but so cute I thought I’d post it.
My son’s best friend recently bought his first electric car, a Nissan Leaf, and sent me the picture. His daughter’s future is a good reason to go electric.
Electric cars are catching on, folks.
Now in 2020 there are over five million cars worldwide. Over two million in China and over one million in America. Europe has over one million electric cars. It’s catching on folks.
Companies are changing electric delivery trucks. Amazon ordered 100,000 Rivian electric trucks and plans to have at least 10,000 on the road by 2021.
In recent years UPS has purchased 10,000 electric delivery trucks.
According to CleanTechnica FedEx has ordered 1,000 Chanje V8100 electric delivery vans for use in California. The company will own 100 of them and lease the other 900 from Ryder Systems. “FedEx continually seeks new ways to maximize operational efficiency, minimize impacts and find innovative solutions through the company’s Reduce, Replace, Revolutionize approach to sustainability,” says Mitch Jackson, chief sustainability officer for the company. “Our investment in these vehicles is part of our commitment to that approach of serving our customers and connecting the world responsibly and resourcefully.”
The electric delivery vans from Chanje are manufactured in China. They will have a range of 150 miles and a maximum capacity of 6,000 pounds. Each will save 2,000 gallons of fuel every year while keeping 20 tons of carbon emissions out of the atmosphere. Social responsibility is all well and good and should be applauded, but FedEx wouldn’t be doing this if it didn’t believe the total cost of ownership for these vans will be significantly lower than it is for similar vans with gasoline or diesel engines.
I copied the above information from an article in Clean Technica which is an on-line magazine about all green forms of energy. Click here if you want to read more from them.
They have learned that . . .