{"id":25940,"date":"2019-03-19T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=25940"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:07:11","slug":"usps-tests-electric-delivery-vans-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/03\/19\/usps-tests-electric-delivery-vans-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS tests electric delivery vans in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/caVehicles_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/caVehicles_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/caVehicles_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/caVehicles_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/caVehicles_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Zero-emissions delivery step van\" width=\"581\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>This vehicle is one of 15 zero-emissions delivery step vans that USPS is testing in California.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/19\/19 &#8211; The Postal Service is testing delivery vehicles in California that produce no emissions, part of a statewide program to cut pollution and strengthen the environment.<\/p>\n<p>USPS will use 15 zero-emissions delivery step vans and charging stations in Fresno and Stockton.<\/p>\n<p>The electric vans will cover routes of up to 75 miles per day during a period of 6-10 hours \u2014 just like their conventional 2-ton vehicle counterparts. In addition to having a positive ecological effect, this initiative, if implemented, is expected to help the Postal Service save on fuel costs.<\/p>\n<p>Like the USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicles initiative, the no-emissions vehicle test is part of the Postal Service\u2019s broader efforts to innovate and invest in the future, two core strategies for the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This vehicle is one of 15 zero-emissions delivery step vans that USPS is testing in California. USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/19\/19 &#8211; The Postal Service is testing delivery vehicles in California that produce no emissions, part of a statewide program to cut pollution and strengthen the environment. USPS will use 15 zero-emissions delivery step vans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25941,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions\/25941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}