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BronxParkon Mar 18, 2007 8:58pm
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Plug-in Partners coalition Tragets USPS
Plug-in Partners coalition Tragets USPSThe Plug-in Partners coalition - A nationwide grassroots
coalition promoting the mass production of a
flex-fuel plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle is
calling on Congress to provide incentives
sufficient to transition the U.S. Postal fleet to
plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The Postal Service is a good target for plug-in applications. Its fleet consists of approximately 210,000 vehicles from Class 8 trucks down to carrier route vehicles.
Currently the Postal Service’s medium-duty hybrid work is with Azure Dynamics. Initial results show a hybrid cargo van delivering 11.9 mpg, compared to a standard cargo van’s 8 mpg on the same route—an improvement of 48.8%.
The Postal Service also has 28 zero-emission electric delivery trucks in service in the New York Metro Area—again in partnership with Azure Dynamics. The CitiVans are two-ton delivery trucks that replaced diesel-powered trucks used to transport mail and bulk packages between central distribution facilities and neighborhood post offices. The all-electric trucks can travel 40 miles on a complete charge, with a top speed of 60 mph