Interim Project Results: United Parcel Service's Second-Generation Hybrid-Electric Delivery Vans (Fact Sheet)

Julia Thomas

Research output: NRELFact Sheet

Abstract

This fact sheet describes the performance evaluation of United Parcel Service's second-generation hybrid-electric delivery vans. The Fleet Test and Evaluation Team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is evaluating the 18-month, in-service performance of 11 of these vans along with 11 comparable conventional diesel vans operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a complement to thefield study, the team recently completed fuel economy and emissions testing at NREL's Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) laboratory.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 2012

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/FS-5400-53266

Other Report Number

  • DOE/GO-102012-3463

Keywords

  • advanced vehicle testing activity
  • AVTA
  • delivery vans
  • Eaton Corp. parallel hybrid system
  • emissions testing
  • engine off at idle
  • fleet test and evaluation team
  • fuel economy testing
  • hybrid-electric
  • refuel laboratory
  • regenerative braking
  • renewable fuels and lubricants laboratory
  • second-generation
  • United Parcel Service

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