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Project	Initiative/Award	Awardee	Status	Date
Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application	2020 Innovative Vehicle Technologies Projects	Drive Clean Colorado, a Clean Cities Coalition	In progress	Oct 2020
States impacted: Colorado	Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application This project purchases and deploys five propane-powered delivery trucks along with propane fueling infrastructure in the metro Denver area. The trucks are Ford's Class 7 (F-750) straight box trucks with Roush CleanTech's ultra-low (.02) NOx 7.3L V8 propane engines, commercially available across the United States, and certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB). The demonstration fleet, Hi-Pro, Inc., is located in Commerce City, a close suburb of Denver. This fleet moves mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS) main hub to the individual post offices daily. Hi-Pro, Inc., has a fleet of 35 vehicles in Colorado; five diesel trucks are being replaced by the trucks purchased as part of this project. By demonstrating the advantages of propane as a clean and cost-effective alternative to diesel and its viability in the test fleet, the project shares data, best practices, and lessons learned to catalyze other fleets nationwide to adopt propane trucks for mail delivery (and other applications). By reducing the risk of first adoption, the potential exists to transform the USPS mail delivery system into a low-carbon national fleet. Learn more about the 2020 Innovative Vehicle Technologies Projects. Results Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application	$500,000 award from DOE $500,000 matching funds (cost share)

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Initiative/Award

Awardee

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Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application

2020 Innovative Vehicle Technologies Projects

Drive Clean Colorado, a Clean Cities Coalition

In progress

Oct 2020

States impacted:

Colorado

Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application

This project purchases and deploys five propane-powered delivery trucks along with propane fueling infrastructure in the metro Denver area. The trucks are Ford's Class 7 (F-750) straight box trucks with Roush CleanTech's ultra-low (.02) NOx 7.3L V8 propane engines, commercially available across the United States, and certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB). The demonstration fleet, Hi-Pro, Inc., is located in Commerce City, a close suburb of Denver. This fleet moves mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS) main hub to the individual post offices daily. Hi-Pro, Inc., has a fleet of 35 vehicles in Colorado; five diesel trucks are being replaced by the trucks purchased as part of this project. By demonstrating the advantages of propane as a clean and cost-effective alternative to diesel and its viability in the test fleet, the project shares data, best practices, and lessons learned to catalyze other fleets nationwide to adopt propane trucks for mail delivery (and other applications). By reducing the risk of first adoption, the potential exists to transform the USPS mail delivery system into a low-carbon national fleet.

Learn more about the 2020 Innovative Vehicle Technologies Projects.

Results

Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application

$500,000 award from DOE

$500,000 matching funds (cost share)

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