Ups Buys Electric Trucks
United parcel service inc <ups.n> said on thursday it is partnering with truck maker workhorse group inc <wkhs.o> to build electric delivery vans that could replace tens of thousands of vehicles. In a move to slash carbon emissions, amazon will purchase 100,000 rivian electric trucks that will start service as early as 2021.
Ups is adding up to 10,000 arrival electric vans to its delivery fleet.
Ups buys electric trucks. Ups announced today that it would be building its own electric delivery trucks from scratch. The trucks join the more than 770 electric or hybrid electric vehicles operated by ups in urban cities around the world. Said it has purchased 130 hybrid electric vehicles, which the package carrier will launch into service next year.
The delivery giant said technology has developed far enough so that these trucks. The company revealed it's working with vehicle manufacturer arrival on a pilot fleet. 10/4/2010 4:20:00 pm ups inc.
It will partner with truck maker workhorse group inc to build the first 50 vans that could eventually. Ups has revealed sleek new electric trucks that look like they've rolled straight out of pixar's cars series. The vehicles are of two
Relative to a traditional electrical motor, the innovative configuration and control of the amfa yields significant size, weight and price reductions, while increasing power output. The announcement came during an event on thursday in washington. The move by ups, the nation’s largest private delivery company.
After preliminary testing, the companies will deploy a larger fleet in 2019 and beyond. Additionally, last september, ups announced it will become the first commercial customer in the u.s. Ups recently set a goal that by 2020, one in four vehicles purchased by it annually will use alternative fuels or advanced technology.
Thirty of the package delivery trucks will be deployed in new york and new jersey, and 100 will go to california, ups said in a statement. Ups doesn’t have a specific goal to buy a certain number of electric vehicles, but by 2020, plans for one in four vehicles purchased to be an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle. The giant retailer plans to have 10,000 of the new electric.
The company has invested more than $750 million in alternative fuel and advanced. Shipping giant ups said it will buy 950 electric delivery trucks from workhorse group in what looks to be a key order for the electric vehicle startup. This tops an earlier ups order for 50 of the.
Ups says the deployment is of similar cost to acquiring diesel or gasoline trucks, and it expects maintenance and operating costs of electric vehicles to be lower than for. Electric van maker arrival has secured a €400m (£339m) order for 10,000 vehicles from united parcel service (ups), the us delivery company, in the latest sign of the rapid growth of the uk.
