The world’s largest civilian fleet of delivery vehicles, operated by the US Postal Service, is to potentially run on cleaner, greener fuel sources such as hydrogen in the future, according to a report from Fuel Cell Today.
The US Postal Service plans to identify new, more environmentally friendly vehicle technologies that are less dependent on petroleum-based fuel sources, to replace the 195,000 neighbourhood delivery vehicles of its total 220,000 vehicles.
The recent announcement came during a ceremony in which General Motors presented a Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicle to the Postal Service, for testing in a mail-delivery environment.
“We are looking for a vehicle that operates from a fuel source that reduces, or eliminates, our dependence on petroleum products, that is good for the environment, good for our customers and good for the Postal Service,” said Walter O’Tormey, Vice President of Engineering, as he accepted the keys to the Equinox Fuel Cell that will be tested in Irvine, California.
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