UPS adds more “green” trucks to North American fleet

By on Jan 29, 2010

UPS has deployed 245 new delivery trucks powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to cities in Colorado and California

The new CNG trucks have been deployed over the past month: 140 in Denver, Colorado, and 18 in San Ramon, 16 in Fresno, 59 in West Los Angeles and 12 in Ontario, California

The vehicles are part of UPS's continued effort to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel and lower its carbon footprint

UPS began deploying alternative fuel vehicles in the 1930s with a fleet of electric trucks operating in New York City Today, UPS operates one of the largest private fleets of alternative fuel vehicles in its industry - more than 1,900 in total

UPS, a member of the EPA Climate Leaders, first deployed CNG-powered delivery trucks in the 1980s At the time, UPS purchased traditional gas- or diesel-driven vehicles and converted them to run on compressed gas

The 245 trucks deployed over the past month were built from scratch as CNG vehicles, and join more than 900 CNG vehicles already in use by UPS worldwide

For its alternative fuel fleet, UPS has deployed CNG, Liquefied Natural Gas, propane, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Brazil, Chile, Korea and the UK

The company was also the first in the industry to purchase hydraulic hybrid delivery vehicles and has conducted research with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles