FleetREDI: Mail Delivery Class 6 Propane Trucks

Birky, Alicia; Jeffers, Matthew

doi:10.15483/3007779

Title: FleetREDI: Mail Delivery Class 6 Propane Trucks

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Capturing real-world data is critical to reducing the barriers to technology advancement for commercial vehicles. FleetREDI’s insights provide detailed duty cycle information and highlight unique aspects of the given dataset. Each insight delivers a quick look at the collected data by summarizing the operation and identifying key findings of the initial analysis. This FleetREDI insight explores propane and diesel Class 6 mail delivery trucks. Propane-powered commercial vehicles can achieve the same duty cycles and match the power, acceleration, and cruising speeds of conventionally fueled vehicles while producing significantly less emissions of tailpipe oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The primary goal of the project was to demonstrate alternative fuel vehicles in a mail transport application and evaluate the viability of propane as a cost-effective alternative to conventional diesel trucks. ![FleetREDI clean delivery trucks](FleetREDI-clean-delivery.jpg)

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Birky, Alicia; Jeffers, Matthew

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 11 23:00:00 EST 2025

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Idaho National Laboratory

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; CAN data; J1939; alternative fuels; commercial fleet vehicles; duty cycle; medium-duty vehicles; package delivery; trucks

OSTI Identifier:: 3007779

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15483/3007779

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"FleetREDI: Mail Delivery Class 6 Propane Trucks".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15483/3007779.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3007779. Pub date:Thu Dec 11 23:00:00 EST 2025

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