UPS adds natural gas trucks to fleet

UPS has introduced 245 new natural gas trucks in Colorado and California. As a part of its environmentally-friendly programme the company is now using more than 1,900 worldwide.

UPS began deploying alternative fuel vehicles in the 1930s with a fleet of electric trucks that operated in New York City. Since 2000, the company’s “green fleet” has travelled more than 165m miles.

“The greening of our fleet demonstrates the effectiveness of harnessing multiple technologies and applying the right vehicles to areas where they will provide the best advantage,” said Bob Stoffel, UPS senior vice president of supply chain, strategy, engineering and sustainability. “Compressed Natural Gas continues to be a sustainable technology for UPS’s fleet because natural gas is cost effective, clean-burning and abundant.”