The United Parcel Service will add 200 hybrid-electric delivery trucks to its fleet of vehicles, reports Truckinginfo.
Here are three things to know.
- The hybrid vehicles offer about four times more fuel economy than a gasoline-powered vehicle and contain a real time telematics performance monitoring system that offers information on energy and route efficiency, according to the report.
- UPS will deploy the trucks in January at locations in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
- The company first purchased 125 of these hybrid trucks in May as part of an effort to log 1 billion miles with alternative fuel and advanced-technology vehicles — a goal UPS accomplished in August.
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