The Parcel Delivery Working Group is not scheduled to meet at the 2009 HTUF National Conference. We’re still awaiting the final development of the Hybra-Drive (now Limo-Reid Technologies, LRT) hydraulic hybrid drivetrain and its incorporation into Ford F53 chassis. LRT is scheduled to bring a development vehicle to the HTUF Conference for the Ride & Drive event. A teleconference will be held prior to the conference to get an update from LRT. Following the conference, the working group will be reconvened to discuss potential follow-on activities beyond the deployment of the LRT hydraulic hybrids.

Focuses on class 4 – 6 urban parcel delivery vehicles and similar applications. This group is now concentrating exclusively on hydraulic hybrid technologies, has prepared common hybrid vehicle specifications and duty-cycle data and will be testing developmental hydraulic parcel trucks. FedEx Ground and United Parcel Service (UPS) serve as the user leads for this group.