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Problematic issues:
>According to Amazon delivery drivers, the new update is for the Amazon EDV (electric delivery vehicle), the custom-built Rivian van. Delivery drivers say that this update automatically turns off the air conditioning in the van if the driver is not in the vehicle for more than 30 seconds. Drivers are complaining about the update as the start of the summer season, which can be particularly difficult and dangerous for delivery drivers.
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>“As many of you are aware, the EDVs just got a software update where if you are out of your seat for 30 seconds with the side door open, the AC switches off,” one Amazon delivery driver said in an online forum for drivers. “We all hate this obviously.”
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>When reached for comment an Amazon spokesperson said that the premise of my questions to the company was inaccurate, but conceded that the van will turn off the AC after 30 seconds under certain conditions that are commonplace during Amazon delivery shifts.
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>“Rivian recently released a software update for Electric Delivery Vehicles that actually extends climate control for drivers,” the Amazon spokesperson said. “As a result, the AC now runs for up to 10 minutes after a driver exits the vehicle, ensuring a cool cabin when they return. The timer resets at every stop. The AC only shuts off if the driver sliding door is left open for more than 30 seconds — a battery conservation measure.”
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>Amazon delivery drivers discussing the update online say that they are getting in and out of the van so frequently, and are spending most of their time out of the van delivering packages, that the update makes it harder to keep the van cool.
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>As you’ve probably seen in your own neighborhood, delivery drivers will often park their vans wherever they can and deliver packages to multiple addresses on the same block. Amazon automatically turning off the air conditioning while they are out of the van delivering packages means the van can get hot again by the time they get back. As Amazon delivery drivers have to make frequent stops, it’s not hard to imagine why drivers would complain about Amazon automatically shutting down the AC, which makes it more difficult to cool down between stops.
It looks like there’s a disconnect between the people working on these software policies and the people who are working with these vehicles. If there were a better understanding of how delivery drivers actually work — and given Amazon’s relentless KPM/other tracking of their vehicles and drivers it’s likely the data exist — then they could find a better balance between battery life and worker health and safety.
If the AC does turn off when a door is left wide open for 30 seconds, it actually seems like a very smart thing to do, on a number of levels.
This is by design. Make the vehicle uncomfortable to be in, so they do deliveries faster.
Deplorable. They should just all stop driving the trucks at once. We can wait a day or two. But stock price tumbles will soon sort them out.
It’s a feature 😏
this is inhumane
These guys need a union. Amazon wants to be a monopoly but doesn’t want their labor to unionize
Sounds like a classic case of software developers pushing features on tradespeople, whose jobs they know nothing about. The primary goal is to keep the driver from overheating. If your truck is losing energy to a door being open for too long, then maybe you should have considered better separating the driver cabin from the freight area when designing the vehicle in the first place.
Am I missing something? As I understand it if the driver gets out and closes their door the aircon runs for 10mins before shut-off, an extension to the current time.
If a driver gets out and leaves their door open, it’ll shut off automatically after 30sec.
This seems like a totally sensible thing to do, i can’t comment on whether 30sec is too short or not (kinda sounds like it could be), but this makes sense to me.
Shit like this is why regulations get written.
The company is making billions a year and is still trying to find ways to fuck over their employees to earn a few more dollars.
How big will the safety issues be when drivers start trying to fool the door sensors?
Amazon: that seems like it will get people killed
sure. why not disable one of the best features that EVs have?
„Save literal cents at the cost of human suffering? Fuck yeah!“
-Every billionaire/celestial dragon ever
Honestly I see a lot of them driving with the sliding door open
Class action lawsuits?
Extra, Extra! Amazon is another greedy Fortune 500 who disregards employees as expendable.
California already requires this for semi trucks. If you’re driving a CA diesel, after 10 minutes the whole engine and AC is off. APUs are banned in California.
This is not an Amazon problem. This is a climate and California smog problem. And soon it will be a feature in all cars sold worldwide.
Doesn’t it say if they leave the sliding door open more than 30 seconds? Can they just not slide it closed? You leave the door open and even if the ac is on in places like Texas it’s not gonna do anything lol.
*me as a mailman, driving around daily in the same heat in an aluminum box truck with a 6inch fan and no AC*
Damn, thats rough.
hard to imagine a better supervillain origin story than „built a device to destroy the world’s bookstores.“
My usps driver has never had AC.
OSHA will likely release heat regulations in the near future. The administration is resolving discourse about a prescriptive vs descriptive temperature(„hot“ versus 90F), and so called „regional“ heat differences.
However it’s doubtful that the hot environment from turning AC off in the van is maintained for long enough for drivers to get a heat injury.
So if you leave the sidedoor open it turns off because your letting all the cool air out. Is that what it says?
The cruelty is the point. This is why I keep a cabinet with drinks and snacks for anyone delivering to my house on my porch.
So they work for the post office now
Is Amazon running out of money suddenly? They can’t afford the power?
This is revolting.
I would run over several nails near a well cooled place to hang out.
I would keep running over nails until the ac worked right again.
What most people don’t know is the delivery drivers make 200-300 stops a day it’s crazy the amount of physical activities these people go through much less the 25-80 pounds of packages they deliver.
Does amazon have an ‘evil’ department? Because it’s keeps sounding like they do.
They don’t even need the drivers anymore. They just have no way of getting the package out of the van to the door without a person so they might as well make them drive too.
Super easy to bypass. Push the latch where the sliding door meets the frame down until it clicks twice. Tada, AC on all day. Push the button at the bottom of that to unlatch it. Takes less than 30 seconds
But let’s roll that clip again of bezos saying he has no trouble paying what he should.
We are in hell.
How much more does Amazon need to do to demonstrate that they do not care whatsoever about human life?
Not surprised considering the same company decided it would be more cost effective to hire EMT and Ambulances to treat employees for heat exhaustion than provide AC in their warehouses. deduct pay and possibly fire people for bathroom breaks. Only allowing a 30 minute break to a break room that could be up to a 15min walk to and from.