FedEx Electric Trucks

"Charlie Zulu" (VeniVidiHooni) 04/06/2015 at 17:42 • Filed to: None

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Saw this cool little all electric FedEx truck in San Francisco today. Front name badge is missing. It looks like ‘THE FUTURE’(!).

Alex from Toronto > Charlie Zulu 04/06/2015 at 17:53

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These could be the new US mail trucks if some hybrid setup is available.

Racescort666 > Charlie Zulu 04/06/2015 at 17:59

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It's a Navistar (International) eStar. That Truck of the Future is also already out of production.

Cé hé sin > Charlie Zulu 04/06/2015 at 18:01

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They were originally made in the UK by Modec who subsequently went broke. The assets were bought by Navistar who had been making their vans under licence.

Here's one of the originals:

Racescort666 > Alex from Toronto 04/06/2015 at 18:05

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It's a Navistar (International) eStar. It's also already out of production.

Alex from Toronto > Racescort666 04/06/2015 at 18:08

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That's a bit of a letdown , there could have been potential here.

Svend > Charlie Zulu 04/06/2015 at 18:13

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Sadly it's not so much the future as the past. The British company that these are licenced to be made in the U.S. to, went out of business a few years ago. The rights and company changed hands a few times and consiquently a company has the rights to maintain existing units. Not sure how the situation went with the licenced manufacturers in the U.S. Though.

Charlie Zulu > Svend 04/06/2015 at 18:20

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This is why we can't have nice things. [SMH]

Oh well. Back to dreaming about a diesel-electric future...

Leon711 > Svend 04/13/2015 at 11:57

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Modec, a company exists to maintain them but that's it.