An post plan to run ev's on all urban routes,plus have public charge points

marklazarcovic

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/Mobile/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/news-article?page=Zero+emissions&year=2018


Great news I think,plus they will save a fortune long term

n97 mini

marklazarcovic wrote: »

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/Mobile/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/news-article?page=Zero+emissions&year=2018


Great news I think,plus they will save a fortune long term

They're getting really hammered on the cost of rural deliveries, attributing the increase in the price of a stamp to €1 pretty much to that fact. Any efforts to reduce costs (deliveries 3 days a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) or installation of post boxes at the end of driveways) have been resisted, so it's not surprising they're looking elsewhere to save costs. I believe that's their true motivation, not CO2 reduction.

Ironically, where I live (fairly dense urban) all letter deliveries are done by bicycle. No EV will beat that. Keeps the postman fairly fit too!

ted1

n97 mini wrote: »

They're getting really hammered on the cost of rural deliveries, attributing the increase in the price of a stamp to €1 pretty much to that fact. Any efforts to reduce costs (deliveries 3 days a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) or installation of post boxes at the end of driveways) have been resisted, so it's not surprising they're looking elsewhere to save costs.

Ironically, where I live (fairly dense urban) all letter deliveries are done by bicycle. No EV will beat that. Keeps the postman fairly fit too!

You’ll find that a van goes around and drops off the round bags at green boxes along the route. ( look like post boxes but with no hole for letters )

Also parcels are delivered by vans

0lddog

Anyone remember the electric 'milk floats' that the milkman used for deliveries ?

An Post goes back to the future

marklazarcovic

There are at least 40 vans that do under 60 km a day in Galway city alone ,fuel and servicing savings as well as parts to go wrong greatly reduced means insane savings really..was never about the green bit .. there are a couple of fish delivery vans in Galway that are Nissan ev vans too..


The only issue I can see is the part of charging all the vans,and making sure they get charged overnight, probably asign a night worker to have that job ,(one already employed) ..go around spot checking.

marklazarcovic

0lddog wrote: »

Anyone remember the electric 'milk floats' that the milkman used for deliveries ?

An Post goes back to the future

Fr teds version of speed .. Pat mustards kids,what a episode lol

0lddog

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Fr teds version of speed .. Pat mustards kids,what a episode lol

Yup, Thats the one

Pat spends a lot of time posting on Boards now ( hard to believe that he could be past doing his old round ).

Has a fierce interested in formula 1 driver, Jordan Petersen

0lddog

marklazarcovic wrote: »

.......fuel and servicing savings as well as parts to go wrong greatly reduced means insane savings really........

Do electric commercial vehicles get a reduced rate of motor tax ?

n97 mini

ted1 wrote: »

You’ll find that a van goes around and drops off the round bags at green boxes along the route. ( look like post boxes but with no hole for letters )

Also parcels are delivered by vans

In our case the postman picks up the area's post in his personal car and parks it at the top of the road. He bikes it from there.

Yep, I know parcels are delivered separately by van, which is why I said letters.

unkel

0lddog wrote: »

Do electric commercial vehicles get a reduced rate of motor tax ?

Yes they do if they weigh less than 1500kg, it's just EUR92 to tax for the year. Above 1500kg it's the same as diesel / petrol afaik

peasant

Deutsche Post / DHL have developed a POST specific electric delivery van, a huge success by all accounts (they do e-delivery bikes as well)

https://www.streetscooter.eu/en/

aliveandkicking

Wonder if they will be getting these yokes that Royal Mail are rolling out?

https://uk.motor1.com/news/265237/royal-mail-electric-vans/

unkel

peasant wrote: »

Deutsche Post / DHL have developed a POST specific electric delivery van, a huge success by all accounts

French Post (La Poste) had 10,000 EV vans way back in 2011/2012

Not always are the Germans at the front of where it's at