WASHINGTON-Legislation that would assign a portion of the United States Postal Services 146,000 delivery vehicles was introduced by a New York-based Congressman previous week.
The bill-H.R. 4399, The American Electric Vehicle industrialized Act or e-Drive is led by Representative Jose E. Serrano. According to Serrano's office, the main intention of the bill is to begin a process of testing and deploying 20,000 electric-drive delivery vehicles for the USPS. The office said that not only would this effort provide the USPS with important environmental benefits and fuel savings, it would position the USPS fleet as a key energy storage asset for the nation's power grid through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) knowledge.
In an August report by the USPS Office of Inspector General on the Electrification of Delivery Vehicles, V2G technology is described as a system in which battery stored or electricity or ability can be sold to power wholesalers when electric vehicles are plugged in or not in use for mail delivery. The report said that when vehicle batteries need to be entirely charged, electricity from the power grid can charge the battery, adding that since most of the USPS' 146,000 delivery vehicles are parked from approximately 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., it could use their batteries as grid regulators when they are plugged into the grid. And it also stated that about 20 percent of the USPS delivery fleet is in an area that offers V2G, with opportunities for V2G in other areas of the country in the next two-to-five years.
What's more, a Washington Post report indicated that with 220,000 vehicles in its complete fleet traveling more than 1.2 billion miles per year, the USPS consumed 121 million gallons of fuel at a price of approximately $1.3 billion. And according to the USPS its delivery vehicles get 10.4 miles per gallon, are driven about 16 miles per day and 5,000 miles per year, are 16-to17 years old on standard, and have been through two or more transmissions.
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