Frito-Lay’s green fleet hits the streets of Orlando

[CHARGED EVs Mag]

The electrification of the world’s delivery truck fleets is accelerating like a hypermiler – slowly but steadily. Frito-Lay announced on Friday that it will roll out ten new electric trucks in Orlando, Florida. The company will deploy 176 electric trucks this year, making Frito-Lay’s the largest fleet of all-electric trucks in North America... Newswire >

[jeo]

Seems the most obvious use for these is the postal service ... and we wonder why they are having problems. Their answer is to slow the mail delivery down and continue to use gas guzzling delivery trucks. Go figure.

I will continue to acquire, consume and enjoy Lays Potato Chips.

[Prius2Volt]

Just drove behind one of these on I-4 today, pretty neat looking. But without an EV signage on the side, I didn't even realize it was an EV until I made it to work and looked up the web pictures to make sure it was a match.

[yoyodyn]

Now these trucks, with a huge flat roof, would be perfect for solar panels. I know it would not be enough to fully charge the battery, but you could potentially get a couple of extra miles out of it. Depending on how long they sit idle at each stop.