UPS Adds 200 Hybrid Electric Vehicles To Alternative Fuel Fleet
October 11 2016 - 9:00AM
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it plans to add 200 new hybrid
electric delivery trucks to the company’s growing alternative fuel
and advanced technology fleet. The vehicles have the same
2-cylinder engine and E-GENTM chassis as the 125 vehicles UPS
announced earlier this year.
Equipped with lithium ion batteries and a range extender engine,
these trucks will deliver significant fuel economy equivalency
gains, approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline
powered vehicle. A cloud-based, real time telematics performance
monitoring system provides feedback for energy monitoring and route
efficiency. The trucks, manufactured by Workhorse Group, Inc., will
be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas,
Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in
other states as well.
“The improvements in these new package cars came from real-world
experience in our alternative fuel Rolling Laboratory, which
earlier this year hit a 1 billion miles driven milestone,” said
Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and
sustainability. “We are committed to developing alternative fuel
vehicles that lessen our impact on the environment and reliance on
petroleum based fuels – that effort is helping to transform markets
and communities.”
UPS operates one of the largest alternative fuel and advanced
technology fleets in the U.S. In addition to hybrid electric
vehicles, the company’s fleet includes all-electric, hydraulic
hybrid, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG),
propane and light-weight fuel-saving composite body vehicles. In
addition to its use of alternative vehicles, UPS uses millions of
gallons of lower carbon footprint renewable diesel and renewable
natural gas (RNG) in its fleet each year.
Using its “Rolling Laboratory” approach, UPS deploys more than
7,200 low-emission vehicles and achieved its goal of driving 1
billion miles with the alternative fuel fleet in August 2016.
For more information on UPS's sustainability initiatives, please
visit www.ups.com/sustainability.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. UPS is
committed to operating more sustainably – for customers, the
environment and the communities we serve around the world.
Learn more about our efforts at ups.com/sustainability.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web at
ups.com® and its corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com.
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Glenn Zaccara
404-828-4663
gzaccara@ups.com
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