President Bush visits hydrogen fueling station

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President Bush visits hydrogen fueling station

President Bush recently visited the first retail hydrogen and gasoline fueling station in North America — a Shell station in Washington, DC, where USPS’ own hydrogen-powered van fills up. “Hydrogen is the wave of the future,” Bush said. The President is aware of the USPS and General Motors effort on fuel cell technology.

President Bush checks out a USPS hydrogen fuel cell van during his visit to the hydrogen fueling station.

Since Sept. 8, 2004, more than 190,000 mail pieces from the Fort Belvoir, VA, Post Office have been consistently delivered with the USPS/GM fuel cell vehicle. The agreement with General Motors calls for a two-year test of fuel cell technology in a postal environment. Engineering VP Tom Day said, “We are happy with the outstanding reliability of the vehicle in a real-world situation.”