UPS is deploying 40 new medium-duty series hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHVs): 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. Developed by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Parker Hannifin Corporation, the parcel delivery vehicles can achieve up to 35% improved fuel economy and up to 30% CO2 emissions reduction over traditional diesel-powered vehicles that use automatic transmissions in stop-and-go applications. Both deployments [...]
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UPS Ads 200 More Hybrid-Electrics to Delivery Fleet
April 8th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen UPS is expanding its delivery fleet with 200 more next-generation hybrid-electric delivery trucks. These trucks will see service in eight cities and ad to the existing fleet of 50 hybrid-electrics in UPS’ roughly 20,000 strong fleet of alt-fuel and low-emissions vehicles. The new trucks will see service in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Wahsington D.C., Long [...]
UPS Deploys 300 New CNG Trucks in Its North American Fleet
January 2nd, 2010 Aaron Turpen During 2009, UPS fielded 300 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) into its fleet of over 800 CNG vehicles that UPS uses worldwide. The deployment began in January of 2009 and is part of the ongoing UPS strategy to replace the majority of their fleets with green vehicles powered by natural gas, [...]
NREL Gives Hybrid Diesel UPS Trucks 28.9% Improved On-Road Efficiency
December 30th, 2009 Aaron Turpen UPS has been field testing a group of hybrid diesel step delivery vans with the Eaton Corp.’s electric hybrid propulsion systems. A report from the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows that these hybrids are getting an average of 28.9% improved fuel economy fleet-wide. (Note: report is PDF) For the report, [...]
