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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

Green Car Congress

Carlton Rose, president, global fleet maintenance and engineering for UPS. Four hundred semi-tractors will be supplied by Freightliner and Kenworth and 330 terminal trucks by TICO. We demonstrated the effectiveness of natural gas vehicles and fuel in 2017 by using 77 million total gallon equivalents in our ground fleet.

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Emerging Fleet Trends—Going Electric

Clean Fleet Report

EVs make a lot of sense for commercial fleets with reduced fuel and maintenance costs and batteries that can be sized to a specific route to eliminate range anxiety. This means mobile repairs will become even more important to the supply chain and keeping food on the table. Using a Fleet Management Company. Story by John Faulkner.

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