UPS and AMP Electric Vans to Deploy 18 Zero-Emission Delivery Vehicles in Texas Trial

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) have announced an award of project funding to UPS (NYSE: UPS), in partnership with AMP Holding Inc. (OTCQB: AMPD), to deploy 18 Workhorse E-100 All Electric Walk-In Vans with 100 kWh battery packs in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area.

The goal for this project is to demonstrate the capability of all-electric delivery vehicles to perform at the same level of operation as similarly sized diesel delivery vehicles, while also reducing vehicle emissions and petroleum consumption.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) awarded a grant to H-GAC with an objective to accelerate the introduction and penetration of electric transportation technologies into the cargo transport sector.

DOE selected this project to demonstrate technologies to improve local air quality in the Houston-Galveston area, which is currently designated as a National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) eight-hour ozone non-attainment area.

H-GAC is soliciting additional project partners to deploy at least another 12 zero-emission delivery vehicles in the greater Houston area. More info at: http://www.h-gac.com/purchasing/rfp/trn14-06.aspx.

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