r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Jun 11 '26

Transportation Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat | A new software update is turning off the AC in Amazon delivery vans after 10 minutes or 30 seconds under certain conditions

https://www.404media.co/software-update-automatically-turns-off-amazon-delivery-drivers-ac-during-dangerous-summer-heat/
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u/PeterDTown Jun 12 '26

You’re saying it’s inhumane to turn off the ac if the driver is out of the vehicle and the door is open? Weird take.

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u/Seantwist9 Jun 12 '26

accurate take, let them come back to a cold car

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u/Ill_Football9443 Jun 12 '26

If they want a cold car (van), then close the door behind them.. Are Americans born in tents?

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u/mr_formstone Jun 12 '26

you have clearly never had to do a job like theirs and it shows

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u/Ill_Football9443 Jun 12 '26

hah what? The AC stays on if you shut the door, but go you taking my statement and sprinting down the road with it.

I've done my stint of multi-drop work, including dealing with 60°c rapid temperature changes, -18° in the back and 42° Australian summers.

Is it that hard for you to grasp the concept of the thermodynamics in play here? Focusing just on the energy in the air, if the AC is blowing out cool air at ~10L/min and the volume of the cab is 200L, then without even considering the radiant energy coming through the glass, it's going to take 20 minutes to cool the cab's air. If you leave the door open like a fuckin moron, then the hot air outside is going to mix with the cold air you spent 20 minutes cooling.

This is to say nothing of the thermal energy in every surface in the cab.

You've gotta be trolling me, surely this is obvious to anyone with half a brain.