Canada Post has ordered five Balance Hybrid Electric delivery trucks (earlier post) from Azure Dynamics. The five vehicles will serve at Canada Post facilities across Canada and are part of Canada Post’s stated effort to replace 3,000 aged vehicles over the next five years. The vehicles will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010.
Canada Post, with more than 7,000 vehicles in its fleet, says that the addition of these Azure Balance Hybrid Electric delivery vehicles is an important milestone in Canada Post’s drive to advance and adopt new technology that allows Canada Post to achieve its GHG reduction target and fuel economy improvement plans.
Jim Keay Ford Lincoln Sales in Orleans, ON managed the transaction. The vehicles are the first Azure units sold by Jim Keay Ford Lincoln. Azure’s channel distribution strategy relies on partnering with select Ford commercial truck dealers and premier body vendors to help represent Azure products in the marketplace.