Submitted by redingerforcongress t3_z1yg05 in technology
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SuperZapper_Recharge t1_ixdt449 wrote
If you supplied me the car and insurance and I never had to worry about driving my car - delivering pizzas in the correct town isn't the worse part time job to have.
I did it when I was young, the biggest problem was wear and tear on my own car. It's hard to keep up the Maintenace on a car that is getting driven hundreds of in town miles and feel like you are earning any money.
What is really gonna happen with this scheme:
These cars are gonna be down for maintenance more then they are up and the drivers are gonna have to driver there own personal cars.
wanted_to_upvote t1_ixdwvyb wrote
Electric cars have very little maintenance and city driving is not as bad for them as for ICE cars. Tire rotation/changes will be the only major item. This is probably a major reason why they are doing this. It is far more predicable than ICE cars.
redingerforcongress OP t1_ixe5r1f wrote
Regen braking with lots of in city driving is perfect...
Not to mention when they're idling / waiting for delivery, they can be plugged in
No point in even turning them off because they only pull about 1-2 kw idling in winter
65 kwh battery, 15 min wait for the next delivery at around 50 kw means 20% charge or around a 50 mile range
Aleashed t1_ixe336e wrote
Your car = $2.80/hr + tips
Our car = “car benefit” + $0.80/hr + tips
They’ll find a way to expense the cars
zamfire t1_ixecg51 wrote
The company that owns the dominos in my area cares 0% for their drivers. I was promised a certain wage while driving and after withholding my pay stubs for 2 months I found out they were under paying me. They did this to a bunch of drivers but the lawyer I spoke with said I didn't work there long enough for it to make a difference to sue. So I quit on the spot.
The location I was at went through 4 store managers in the 2 months I worked there because of how poorly they treated their staff.
Their cars will mean nothing to them.
SuperZapper_Recharge t1_ixedtyt wrote
> Their cars will mean nothing to them.
Bingo.
A hypothetical for you.
I get hired in as a driver with the promise of zero miles on my personal car.
They have 2 electric cars. One is in the shop.
They are getting absolutely slammed and the other driver has the electric car..........
My point is entirely that delivering pizzas is not a bad job as long as you are not using your personal car. Zero miles on your personal car. No really, if you are up against the wall quit. Zero miles.
But like you pointed out - management at all these places is a high pressure shit show. And the people with those jobs where not smart enough to turn the jobs down.
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hammeredtrout1 t1_ixe5v79 wrote
This is awesome. I wish more companies would be like dominoes and actually invest in sustainability instead of just talking about it
Twombls t1_ixg63zp wrote
My local dominoes has had a fleet of tesla model s es for the past few years. I wonder if its a pilot for this.
djkuhl t1_ixdw9af wrote
High torque electric delivery vehicles with racing stripes for young delivery drivers. What could go wrong?
G1zStar t1_ixdzj2j wrote
Limiters? Encrypted ECU + gps tracking on their vehicles. What is that young delivery driver supposed to do to bypass the sensors/limiter.
Possible still? Yeah. Probable? Almost 0 chance.
redingerforcongress OP t1_ixe8e1t wrote
Just put a big piece of tape over the "Sport" button - problem solved boss
Honestly, it doesn't even do much; just makes it "feel" sporty
Fun times is turning traction control off and sport button on
It's like a 200 hp motor, its zippy off the line but doesn't hold its own later on... and the governor is around 93 mph or so
Twombls t1_ixg601r wrote
My local dominoes has a fleet of tesla model s for the past few years. Im assuming it was a pilot for this. And its been fine.
Techugoltd t1_ixg6m9c wrote
This is very nice initiative.
meat__cleaver t1_ixgx91l wrote
I really don’t care if they’re still paying drivers/workers minimum wage. Anyone I’ve met who worked at dominos said it fucking sucked
pipopapupupewebghost t1_ixgznwj wrote
They use cars?
theduckdodger t1_ixe75cu wrote
Looks like a lot of catalytic converters about to hit the open market soon
redingerforcongress OP t1_ixe88rr wrote
EVs don't have those
YourAverageGod t1_ixdpk8k wrote
They're gonna have trouble finding 25+ yr olds with clean piss and records that want to deliver pizza to not have the insurance ream them.