July 09, 2009
Eckhaus Fleet
Qualifies for Future USPS Electric Fleet
Conversion
CLOVIS, CA - When the
United States Postal Service (USPS) is
ready to retrofit its fleet of mail
delivery vehicles to run on electric
power, Eckhaus Fleet LLC could be one of
the companies to help in the conversion.
The USPS has recently notified Eckhaus
that it has successfully met the
requirements for suppliers of the
possible conversion of their Long Life
Vehicle (LLV) fleet to electric
vehicles.
The USPS maintains the largest civilian
vehicle fleet in the world with more
than 215,000 vehicles, of which 142,000
are LLVs. The conversion of this fleet
will have a major impact on the future
of alternative energy in the US and the
world.
In gaining supplier status, Eckhaus
Fleet combined its management experience
with the conversion and engineering
expertise of Arizona's REVConversion
Company along with the manufacturing
capacity of Montana's Fort Peck Tech
Services into a winning team. Fort Peck
Tech Services is part of the Ft. Peck
Assiniboine and Sioux family of
companies.
Mark Eckhaus, CEO of Eckhaus Fleet,
stated "Not only will this project, when
funded, offer major benefits to our
country's energy policy, it will provide
a number of green technology jobs over
multiple states and lay the foundation
for our country's alternative energy
infrastructure."
