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by JumpCrisscross 1057 days ago
> other than claiming something is not feasible without data to back it up

Fair enough. UPS operates 125,000 trucks in America [1] with a useful life of 5 to 15 years [2].

So the question is, do you spend hundreds of millions of dollars retrofitting the current fleet, or, spend that money accelerating the purchase of new vehicles, which presumably come with additional perks beyond just air conditioning?

[1] https://www.herbertellis.com/blog/what-happens-when-ups-truc....

[2] https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001090727/0...