Electric multistop fleet delivery vehicle: fact or fantasy

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975 · SAE Prepr.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.4271/750075· OSTI ID:7286166

Hafer, P R; Dicker, A Jr; Yoder, H D

The purpose of this presentation is to alert the fleet delivery vehicle owners and operators of the facts relating to the performance breakthrough achieved by the Electric Vehicle Council's work vehicle. The 108 vehicles now in operation throughout the U.S. and Canada are proving with factual costs--energy consumption, freeway speed, and distance performed records--that the storage battery-powered fleet delivery vehicle is indeed a present-day fact. These records forecast actual savings in fuel energy costs that add up to substantial savings when compared accurately with the increased gas and/or Diesel fuels consumed by the multistop fleet delivery vehicles now available with 1975 EPA pollution control devices. It is a little-recognized fact that the EPA standards call for these devices to function properly with nominal engine idling time while stopped for 10% of the driving cycle, whereas the majority of multistop fleet delivery vehicles operate with nominal engine idling time of 50% or greater during their traffic and work route driving cycle. The impact of the increased first cost for these pollution control devices, plus the increased fuel cost, and much higher service and maintenance costs should cause fleet operators to examine the facts presented herein about the family of electric multistop fleet delivery vehicles available now. The potential for cost and energy savings are real and substantial.

• OSTI ID: 7286166
• Journal Information: SAE Prepr.; (United States), Journal Name: SAE Prepr.; (United States) Vol. 750075; ISSN SEPPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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