UPS' new hybrid tractor trailers can travel up to 600 miles on one tank of fuel

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Delivery and logistics giant UPS has added another four dozen alternative fuel vehicles to its U.S. fleet, bringing the total number of vehicles in its “green fleet” to 1,914.

These are some serious trucks: the tractor trailers mostly skip diesel fuel in favor of liquefied natural gas. There IS a small amount of diesel used, but approximately 95 percent of it is replaced by the energy that the natural gas provides, according to UPS. The trucks are designed to produce approximately 25 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than if the trucks were running solely on diesel. The trucks will travel a route from Ontario, Calif., to Las Vegas. Their range is approximately 600 miles, and they can make a roundtrip along this route on one tank of fuel. UPS points to “energy security” as one of the drivers for the purchase. In its press release, Mike Britt, the director of vehicle engineering, says:

“This is an important step not only from an environmental standpoint, but from the viewpoint of U.S. energy security. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a cheaper, cleaner-burning fuel that is better for the environment and more sustainable than conventional diesel. And it’s also a fuel that’s in abundant supply inside the United States; it doesn’t have to be imported.”

According to UPS, LNG is one of the few alternative fuel technologies that is appropriate for the biggest of the big trucks, the ones that are intended for long-haul missions. The technology that UPS has purchased was manufactured by Kenworth and powered by engines from Westport HD Systems.

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/business-brains/ups-expands-long-haul-natural-gas-fleet/13943/

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Sounds like part of the communist part to pussify America.

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Sounds like part of the communist part to pussify America.

UPS is employee owned to boot.

from CNN's list of Most Admired Companies:

What's most impressive about UPS, though, is its commitment to its people. It hires lots of immigrants and poor people and offers them a chance to pursue the American dream. Many UPSers, as they are known, join the company after high school or college, drive a package car or work in an office and stick around for 30 or 40 years, until they retire. They do so because the company provides good pay, health-care benefits, tuition assistance, a stock purchase plan, a chance to advance and a shared sense of purpose. Moving all those packages around is no easy task. Words like teamwork and loyalty and community still mean a lot at UPS.

http://money.cnn.com...sible/index.htm

Edited February 24, 2011 by 8TBVBN

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i feel sick just reading that.

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i feel sick just reading that.

Some green tea should help.

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i feel sick just reading that.

Was it the immigrant part or the poor people part?