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Originally Posted by Concrete
if a company, Fritolay, UPS or who ever could make this work
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I think this could work
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I hope it does (and that the production vehicles don't fall short of this concept model), though I wonder what sort of fleet they were planning on marketing towards: Fritolay, Fedx & UPS, at least from what I've seen, seem to favor the large box vans. It's about the same size as a USPS mail truck and phone/cable technician trucks, so that might be the area they're looking at. Also is probably about the right size for local courier type work. A couple of smaller local businesses I know (HVAC & electrician) traded in for some sprinters, which at least look a bit bigger. The HVAC'er was getting I think 24mpg (diesel). Even if the Bright ends up only pulling 30mpg "real world" continuous, the 30 "free" miles/day might make the tradeoff to smaller space worthwhile for some if gas goes up, or it's priced near it's competition, or any other number of qualifications. 2012 is a ways away yet; it'll be interesting to see how it progresses towards production.