GRtak
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ybe I’m a wimp, but I hate working outside when it drops below about 8°C….
Boy are we glad you said it!
ybe I’m a wimp, but I hate working outside when it drops below about 8°C….
There’s a reason I chose to work indoors and changed careers 10 years ago.Boy are we glad you said it!
I believe that was always the plan and the ICE version was more or less a stopgap. If nothing else, the vehicle was designed with BEV capability from the start. The EPA seems to be displeased with this arrangement. And to be fair to them, running the test with the A/C off would be just as misleading, as it is unlikely drivers would run it with the A/C off in daily use.I would expect them to buy BEVs because that is the perfect use case
I’m just glad they’re finally replacing the old mail trucks.
Which is so incredibly frustrating. It took how long? waaaaay past the planned useful life of those grumman things. fucks sake.
One key here is the unit: miles per gallon.I'm actually shocked the AC has that big of an impact. In recent years, I've understood that AC units have gotten so efficient that it's a negligible effect on performance such that some auto media outlets don't bother to turn it off when doing some performance testing...but I suppose the effect on the car's overall performance doesn't necessarily mean a similar effect on fuel economy...but I wouldn't have guessed 14.7mpg dropping to 8.6
Every AC is a heat pump.Heat pumps are really efficient, but I doubt it has them.
Define modern heat pump.Okay Mr pedantic, modern heat pumps?
Define modern heat pump.
Both pump heatOlder AC units used high pressure differential refrigerant circuits. Modern, energy efficient systems tend to use a much lower pressure system.
Wikipedia's article for the LLV mentions curb weight (2,700 lb/1,200 kg), whereas the (stub-ish) article for the new model mentions a "combined vehicle weight including payload" of 8,501 pounds, "just one pound over the EPA's threshold to be considered a heavy-duty truck, allowing it to avoid pollution emissions standards for light trucks."The truck is also bigger I believe. Do we know how much these weigh?