UPS testing hybrid delivery vehicle

Package delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS) is wrapping up field tests of a hybrid electric delivery vehicle that is being used to pick up and deliver packages at 158 locations on a 31-mile route in Huntsville, AL. The results will determine whether Atlanta-based UPS adds more hybrids to its ground delivery fleet. "Our goal with this project is to significantly reduce exhaust emissions and

Sean Kilcarr

Nov. 8, 2001

"Our goal with this project is to significantly reduce exhaust emissions and increase fuel economy, improve mechanical and operational reliability and provide clean, efficient auxiliary power," said Mike Eskew, UPS’s chairman-elect, in a speech to the Clean Air Technologies 2001 International Conference.

UPS has a total alternative fuel fleet of more than 1,800 vehicles, which includes all-electric vans, liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors, compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane powered delivery vehicles. UPS’s hybrid electric vehicle was built by Huntsville–based PEI Electronics, which manufactures electronic systems for the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

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Sean Kilcarr

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.