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Old 08-27-2017, 04:25 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Potential savings from EV/hybrid less than cost of maintaining existing fleet? Does the Post Office even buy new ones?
Sure the comparatively outdated drivetrain may keep the maintenance costs low and keep the availability of replacement parts easy and at a reasonable price too. But anyway, IIRC some LLV's were getting overhauled, and that could eventually have turned into an excuse to hybridize them.
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