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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    Title :

    U.S. Postal Service Operating Experience with a CNG Fueled Delivery Fleet


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1983 Compressed Natural Gas as a Motor Vehicle Fuel ; 1983



    Publication date :

    1983-06-22




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English