U.S. Postal Service Operating Experience with a CNG Fueled Delivery Fleet
831077
06/22/1983
- Event
- Content
- Significant fuel cost reductions are being achieved using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in lieu of gasoline as a vehicular fuel in Postal delivery vehicles. A total of 98 operational vehicles have been converted for dual fuel operation. In a twelve month period the vehicles traveled 446,815 miles on CNG vs. 109,649 miles on gasoline. CNG usage has increased from 29% in the first month of operation to 89% in the twelfth. Fuel costs were 9.9 cents per mile for CNG as compared to 14.9 cents per mile for gasoline.
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- 5
- Citation
- Messera, J., "U.S. Postal Service Operating Experience with a CNG Fueled Delivery Fleet," SAE Technical Paper 831077, 1983, https://doi.org/10.4271/831077.