Great catch. Or it could have been on a non-op in California and just got registered as operational.

Yeah, talk about an urban legend. You can’t do much with a license plate number in California where the Willys is. Legend has it that decades ago, one could look up personal info with a license plate number, but no more.

Well, it’s an Willys Wagon restomod if that’s your preferred flavor. It’s not mine, but to each their own.

Not too much of a surprise here. Lincoln has evolved from badge-engineered Fords decades ago to unique body and interior atop a Ford chassis and powertrain today.

Yeah, if you can charge at home overnight (or at work), driving an EV is awesome. If you have a Tesla, their public charging is awesome. Everyone else’s public charging on the other hand varies from okay to abysmal, and there aren’t any metrics tied to $ that ensure a great, quick, reliable EV driver experience. Sorry…

Basically any modern vehicle that had great reviews by the automotive press, but when you go to actually drive it, you can’t see out of it. Here’s to you: high cowl, thick A, B, and C pillars, high beltline, small windows, swooping upwards styling, big headrests, etc. Yeah, the root cause are safety regs that don’t…

Well, in the USPS report that justified the current course of action, the total including all its 200K vehicles and charging infrastructure was $3.3B.

True. In a few years, there will be 130+ EVs on the market, a good portion of which will be the beloved crossover.

Choo choo, indeed.

Yup:

This.

Yeah, data:

The RFI / RFQ included input from every stakeholder at the USPS who touches, drives, fuels, or finances these. They then created a list of requirements. The problem was is that they didn’t cull the list.

The data is below, but the mailvans average 13.6 mph over a route of 21 miles with 500 stops. Electrify them. (Rural letter carriers largely use their own vehicles anyway, or get a hybrid stock van for the last single digit percentage that BEVs don’t serve).

Congrats. If you haven’t found them already - www.thecj2apage.com and www.OldWillysForum.com are filled with great helpful Willys folks.

Here’s what’s needed for starters for EVs in the U.S.:

It’s mentioned in the article, but the Indian government should strongly consider the existing standard form factor pioneered by Gogoro and adopted by others.

Wow. That is horrific, even by Toyota/Lexus standards.