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I am guessing it has to do with range and no more than once per day recharge requirements.
For instance, 50 miles per day, 6 days a week is less than 15K miles per year.
If their route causes them to travel more miles per day than can be done in one recharge then an EV might not be suitable for that route.
The Modec (pictured) will do 100 miles on a charge. Assuming 5 days use a week and 50 weeks a year, that's still 25,000 miles...
Various tweets that Modec have gone bust. Not seen a story on it but a real shame if they have as they are the most common small EV truck I see.
FT.com / Companies / Industrial Goods - Modec runs out of power with debts of £40m
This is the same as was being marketed in the US as Navistar. I wonder if they will be affected.
It's quite worrying that with the recent comments by Fed-Ex and the price of diesel in the UK, they still couldn't make this work.
When I think about the amount of cash that was thrown at Rover (in the same area) buy governments of both colours, if they are allowed to go under it will be quite sickening.
This is the same as was being marketed in the US as Navistar. I wonder if they will be affected.
It's quite worrying that with the recent comments by Fed-Ex and the price of diesel in the UK, they still couldn't make this work.
When I think about the amount of cash that was thrown at Rover (in the same area) buy governments of both colours, if they are allowed to go under it will be quite sickening.
It seems to live on in America as the Navistar eStar. Not sure yet if they bought Modec's production equipment or not.
Light & Medium Truck Magazine - overview of Electric Truck market in North America
Light & Medium Truck Online | Electric Trucks Hitting the Market
In March, U.K.-based Modec entered into administration, which is similar to bankruptcy in the United States. Navistar spokesman Steve Schrier said he didn’t expect the filing to affect the alliance’s operations. “NMEVA is a separate legal entity, for which we are a majority owner and have access to the IP and technology we need for competing in North America,” he said.
"We will review operation, battery technologies and maintenance in future issues"
GSP
Light & Medium Truck Online | Electric Trucks Hitting the Market
In March, U.K.-based Modec entered into administration, which is similar to bankruptcy in the United States. Navistar spokesman Steve Schrier said he didn’t expect the filing to affect the alliance’s operations. “NMEVA is a separate legal entity, for which we are a majority owner and have access to the IP and technology we need for competing in North America,” he said.
"We will review operation, battery technologies and maintenance in future issues"
GSP
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