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U.S. Postal Service gets 6,500 new alternative power vehicles

As part of the U.S. General Services Administration's recent $210 million purchase of new vehicles from Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service is set to replace some 6,500 vehicles from its current fleet with more fuel efficient models. Of that number, 1,000 of the new vehicles are E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 are hybrids. The other 4,600 are conventional cars powered by four-cylinder gasoline-powered engines. The U.S. Postal service currently operates a huge fleet of nearly 220,000 vehicles and will drive those cars an ... Read more →

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