UPS Adds 306 Alternative Fuel Vehicles to its Fleet
UPS will boost its alternative fuel transportation fleet with more than 300 natural gas and propane-fueled vehicles scheduled for deployment in Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and California.
UPS will expand its alternative fuel transportation fleet with another 306 vehicles scheduled for deployment in Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and California.
The company will use 167 compressed natural gas trucks in Dallas, Atlanta and four California cities. UPS currently operates more than 800 of the trucks in the U.S. The engines will produce 20 percent less emissions and use 10 percent less fuel than the cleanest diesel engines on the market.
UPS also will add 139 new propane delivery trucks that will run on liquefied petroleum gas that is cleaner burning than regular gasoline. These vehicles produce about a third less reactive organic gases.
These vehicles join almost 20,000 low-emission conventional vehicles already in operation across the country.
UPS is introducing a biodiesel fuel initiative to power the ground support vehicles at its airhub in Louisville with the help of a $515,000 federal grant. This involves a 5 percent biodiesel fuel blend that will power its 366 ground support vehicles at the airport in early 2008.
"While there's a great deal of interest in the research we're doing with new types of hybrids, 70 years of testing alternative fuel vehicles has taught us there are multiple technologies that can effectively reduce our dependence on fossil fuels as well as our carbon footprint," said Robert Hall, UPS's director of vehicle engineering.
The company will use 167 compressed natural gas trucks in Dallas, Atlanta and four California cities. UPS currently operates more than 800 of the trucks in the U.S. The engines will produce 20 percent less emissions and use 10 percent less fuel than the cleanest diesel engines on the market.
UPS also will add 139 new propane delivery trucks that will run on liquefied petroleum gas that is cleaner burning than regular gasoline. These vehicles produce about a third less reactive organic gases.
These vehicles join almost 20,000 low-emission conventional vehicles already in operation across the country.
UPS is introducing a biodiesel fuel initiative to power the ground support vehicles at its airhub in Louisville with the help of a $515,000 federal grant. This involves a 5 percent biodiesel fuel blend that will power its 366 ground support vehicles at the airport in early 2008.
"While there's a great deal of interest in the research we're doing with new types of hybrids, 70 years of testing alternative fuel vehicles has taught us there are multiple technologies that can effectively reduce our dependence on fossil fuels as well as our carbon footprint," said Robert Hall, UPS's director of vehicle engineering.
