UPS trucks are custom designed for UPS; they used to have a nice documentary abo...

robohoe · 2024-09-12T20:31:20 1726173080

New Amazon trucks are built by Rivian.

MBCook · 2024-09-12T20:42:18 1726173738

I saw a Rivian mobile service van for the first time about two weeks ago. I was behind it in traffic. It’s exactly the same design as Amazon, just different paint.

All I could think of was “they repainted an Amazon van“.

I know Rivian makes them all. But seeing so many Amazon vans has changed who “owns“ the design in my mind.

pishpash · 2024-09-12T20:36:37 1726173397

None have huge windows like this. Are the tasks that different?

kelnos · 2024-09-12T21:01:02 1726174862

Perhaps the next generation of UPS trucks will have large windows like the new USPS trucks. If it seems to be a useful feature, others will adopt it eventually.

Symbiote · 2024-09-16T02:35:38 1726454138

It's very clearly a useful feature for seeing children while driving round residential areas, where they might be playing in the street.

Since it costs extra, Amazon will only adopt if if they're forced, either by regulation or significant social pressure.