A well-known global package delivery company will order 50 hybrid electric delivery vehicles and acquire 4,100 low-emission vehicles during 2006 as part of a strategy to cut costs.
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“We are working on the same assumption as most of the rest of the world that oil is not going to last forever,” United Parcel Service fleet environment manager Robert Hall told Reuters. “As the world changes we are going to need to deliver our packages in a fuel-efficient manner.”
The Atlanta, Georgia-based company said each of the 50 hybrid electric vehicles, or HEVs, will save some 44,000 gallons of fuel annually.
Apart from emitting 16,000 fewer tons of carbon dioxide annually, the 4,100 low-emission trucks are also 15% more fuel-efficient and will save UPS 1.5 million gallons per year, the company told the news agency.
Declining to say exactly how much the new trucks will cost, UPS spokesman Norman Black told Reuters the HEVs generally cost twice as much as ordinary trucks but the idea is to recoup that investment through fuel savings.
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By GlobalDataThe HEVs will be produced by International Truck and Engine, which is the primary operating subsidiary of Navistar International, and Freightliner. Most of the low-emission vehicles will be made by Freightliner, according to Reuters.
