Postal Service tests hydrogen for its huge fleet

IRVINE, Calif. – It’s just one out of 220,000 U.S. Postal Service vehicles, but the hydrogen-powered fuel cell car now being used in this city represents the agency’s quest to reduce its petroleum appetite.

The USPS station in Irvine last Wednesday became the first in the nation to test drive a Chevrolet Equinox as part of General Motors’ Project Driveway, which puts more than 100 fuel cell vehicles in the hands of average drivers as part of a large-scale market test. A second station on the East Coast will also receive an Equinox. The city has not been announced.

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