US post goes for green fleet

Posted by RobAshwell on July 22nd, 2008 Greenbang has read reviews of the US postal service in Bill Bryson’s Notes From A Big Country. It didn’t fare well, but the huge organisation did give out cookies in a customer appreciation day, so it’s not all bad. Greenbang is trying to cut down on buscuits so wasn’t impressed by that. But she is quite intrigued by a press release that’s being posted across the web, here on Reuters. The release, outlines that the service is announcing a ‘testing strategy’ tomorrow at the same time as launching of a hydrogen fuel cell delivery vehicle from GM. Not bad, especially as it has nearly 200 thousand vehicles. The full announcement will be made tomorrow evening (UK time) so as yet, the USPS hasn’t outlined how this hydrogen will be generated, but we will be keeping an eye out for it. Greenbang... [read full story]