# Battery-powered vehicle or Battery- powered equipment · USPS — Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category For Battery-powered vehicle or Battery- powered equipment · USPS, item category is Battery-powered vehicle or Battery- powered equipment; carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic mail (air and surface); conditions is Hazard class 9, UN3171, packing group n/a; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-30. - **Item category:** Battery-powered vehicle or Battery- powered equipment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Scope:** domestic mail (air and surface) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Conditions:** Hazard class 9, UN3171, packing group n/a; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited ## What the source says > Battery-powered vehicle or Battery- powered equipment 9 UN3171 n/a Prohibited Prohibited ## Source - https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52/pub52.pdf Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-30. Part of [Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).