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Yesterday an EV Amazon van came into my driveway and I was able to get a look. It’s a really nice van with a lot of space to deliver packages. I spoke with the driver for a bit and as she showed me the van and she gave me her feedback. She said the van drove really nice and was easy to get around in. I asked her about the range from a charge and she shared with me that the van gets around 140 miles on a charge. The van has “died” on the side of the road several times because the battery was depleted. Amazon drivers are only allowed to charge at an Amazon distribution center. The drivers can’t charge at any public or private non Amazon charging locations which really surprised me. She also said that it’s pretty common for vans to run out of power and that they need a boost from a mobile service unit to get them back to an Amazon facility to charge. Not sure how this makes sense financially to any company running a delivery business but this is very early stage in my opinion. Like I’ve said before there just won’t be mass adoption of any sort of EV’s until they have a reasonable range of 300 miles plus like you get when you fill your tank with gas. More importantly if people or businesses can’t charge the vehicle quickly and conveniently as it is to pump gas then there just won’t be mass adoption.