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| Postal Service Expands Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Testing to West
Coast; East Coast Testing Extended Another Year
Wednesday September 27, 10:51 am ET
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With anticipation of cleaner
air, improved energy efficiency, and no reliance on imported oil, the
U.S. Postal Service has signed an agreement with General Motors to
extend for another year hydrogen fuel cell vehicle testing in the
Washington, D.C., area and to expand the program to the West Coast. The
announcement was made today at the unveiling of a GM HydroGen3 minivan
that will be added to the Postal Service's Irvine, Calif., mail
delivery fleet.
A vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells emits just pure water and is
twice as energy efficient as an internal combustion engine.
The Postal Service has more than 37,000 alternative-fuel vehicles in
its fleet -- the largest in the nation. The agency is currently
evaluating other kinds of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel; an
electric vehicle and those that run on compressed natural gas and
ethanol. As an organization that drives more than 1.2 billion miles a
year, the Postal Service is in a unique position to lead the way to an
alternative-fuel economy, according to O'Tormey.
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