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USPS Joints Chevrolet Project Driveway to Test Equinox Fuel Cell Vehicles
23 July 2008
The US Postal Service (USPS) is the latest participant in Chevrolet’s Project Driveway market test of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. (Earlier post.)
Two postal stations—one in Irvine, Calif., and another to be announced—will use Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell electric vehicles to deliver the mail on regular routes six days a week. The USPS immediately will begin using the Equinox in Irvine.
The USPS began driving a GM HydroGen3 fuel cell vehicle in 2004 in the Northern Virginia area and in 2006, a HydroGen3 spent a year delivering mail in Irvine. Both test drive programs ended in 2007.
Chevrolet’s Project Driveway is putting more than 100 Equinox fuel cell vehicles on the road in the hands of customers. Currently, the program has launched in Los Angeles, metropolitan New York City area and Washington, DC, with further deployments later this year in Europe and Asia.
GM will provide the maintenance, fuel and service of the vehicle. The US Postal Service letter carriers will fuel the vehicle themselves at the University of California at Irvine hydrogen fueling station operated by the National Fuel Cell Research Center. The station is certified for 700 bar fueling and is already being used by other Project Driveway participants.
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Posted by: ejj | July 23, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Whaat?
They're not after drinking water - they're after transportation - or the fuel it needs.
You better lay off that concentrated seawater.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 at 10:18 PM
DUDE! "USPS joints Chevrolet ..."
Chevy better not inhale ...
Posted by: NCyder | July 24, 2008 at 05:57 AM
Just wanted to let you know about a chat GMnext is having this week about Project Driveway—the first extensive market test of fuel cell vehicles. Matt Mackey, a former Project Driveway participant, will chat about the program and his experience driving the Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle.
The chat is on Wednesday, July 30 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT.
To join the chat, go to http://www.gmnext.com/LiveChat.aspx and register on the site. The chat is open to everybody so feel free to invite your readers too.
Posted by: lauren@gmnext | July 29, 2008 at 06:58 AM
As energy costs continue to increase, it is becoming more critical for the world to transition to an alternative fueling infrastructure. According to Reuters, the Postal Service, which owns 220,000 vehicles in total, operates the world's largest civilian fleet. Each 1-cent increase in the cost of a gallon of fuel adds $8 million to its annual expenses of the Postal Service. The Postal Service is an example of how fluctuations in fuel costs are impacting the global economy.
Hydrogen carries the promise to guide us away from depending on foreign energy imports, while simultaneously improving our environment by reducing greenhouse gases. Incorporating hydrogen within the country’s energy portfolio will simultaneously reduce our dependence on foreign energy imports. In addition, developing both a hydrogen and alternative energy infrastructure will spark economic development. Achieving a sustainable energy future will require collaboration and support from everyone.
We must come together by stressing to our government and business leaders to support the development of an alternative energy infrastructure. This will allow for hydrogen to be produced from water using renewable resources and improve the overall effectiveness of renewable energy. In the meantime, we must also use the resources we have available to establish a hydrogen infrastructure. As a representative of the Hydrogen Education Foundation, I am helping people to understand that both a hydrogen and alternative energy infrastructure can grow side by side paving the way to a sustainable energy future.
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Posted by: Miguel | July 30, 2008 at 07:18 AM
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