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Originally Posted by ldjessee00
And some places, I know it is not common, will actually ticket the trucks when they double park or park in places they shouldn't be.
If it works out, but they need to get the packages out faster, then getting another person or three on more eBikes is pretty easily scale.
Also something to remember, some cities are going ICE free in the not distant future. A big truck with a big EV battery is expensive.
Four ebikes, even if $10k each, still less than $100,000 EV delivery van (see Amazon order to Rivian).
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You need to get the packages out faster PER EMPLOYEE. The hourly wage and benefits trumps all other costs by a huge factor. With today's health care, retirement, workman's comp, etc you are usually better off working employees overtime rather than hiring more as the benefit costs are fixed per employee and cost more than time and 1/2 hourly wage. So each delivery guy needs to be fast. It's one thing delivering $30 envelopes in a big city like bicycle curriers do, but if you have real packages like UPS caries, you can't be wasting time loading, delivering a few, going back, loading, delivering a few. The best delivery vehicle will hold your entire days work in one trip. Loaded one time, driven across town one time, and spend all day emptying it, with one trip back to be reloaded for the next day.