The $130 million investment expands UPS’ total investment in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to more than $1 billion from 2008 through 2018.
“We strongly believe further investment in our natural gas fleet is a key element to help us achieve our long-term goals for reducing our CO2 emissions,” Carlton Rose, president of global fleet maintenance and engineering for UPS, said in a statement. “We demonstrated the effectiveness of natural gas vehicles and fuel in 2017 by using 77 million total gallon equivalents in our ground fleet. UPS is a catalyst for wide scale adoption of natural gas vehicles.”
The natural gas-run vehicles will comprise 400 semitractors and 330 terminal trucks. The new natural gas fueling stations will be built in Goodyear, Ariz.; Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.; Fort Worth, Texas; and Arlington, Texas. In total, UPS will operate 50 natural gas fueling stations in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
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