May 21, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – Daimler AG said United Parcel Service Inc. ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles and 300 compressed natural gas vehicles in what the German automaker called the biggest sale of “green” trucks ever recorded.
Tags: Daimler AG , delivery trucks, hybrid delivery trucks, Hybrid trucks, UPS
May 13, 2008
ATLANTA – UPS has just announced the order of 200 hybrid electric vehicles, in addition to another 300 compressed natural gas vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.
Tags: CNG, HEVs, UPS
April 1, 2008
ATLANTA – UPS announced the deployment of 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery vehicles in Texas, Georgia, and California.
Tags: CNG, compressed natural gas, green fleet, UPS
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