US Post Office Bleeds $ - ripe for ev program?

[Dauntless]

ABS my ass...

You can do it yourself just by bending over when you're under a 3D printer.

I liked the mail delivery back when I was getting like 6 checks a month. Now that the various royalties and residuals are down to 3-4 a month, I'd say it's gone downhill.

[TylerDurden]

Stumbled on this clip of a derelict postal proto:

[The fingers]

All it needs is a simulated rhino horn on the hood. Imagine a fleet of thousands of them so equipped, herding the politicians out of DC at the mercy of the electric wedgiemobile.

[Sancho's Horse]

Hey, I said that I stand corrected...what more do you want? Clearly it has been attempted, with some of the greatest engineering minds of a generation, and it was not successful. Done. What is this...merlot? Is a bad idea from '81 going to improve with age like some fine wine? No.

Besides, what can be improved upon over that thing? I was thinking something narrower so it had less wind to displace...and lighter, closer to bike weight than car weight,... maybe without the unnecessary dashboard, or extra seat...maybe with different battery chemistry...better aero... pedals...maybe a rhino horn...
but otherwise, that exact vehicle.

Are you sure it is ABS? If it were updated with lipo, and caught fire...would Cheech and Chong show up?

[TylerDurden]

...Clearly it has been attempted, with some of the greatest engineering minds of a generation, and it was not successful.

I believe some of the finest minds were a few miles northeast, around Cape Canaveral. Sebring FL, not so much.

A small leap in battery capacity and a hike in fuel could change the delivery-vehicle picture.

CNG is getting more attention, but has that pesky fracking problem.