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Deemed as the largest order of alternative-fuel and drive-train commercial vehicles to-date, UPS has placed a request of 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and 300 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to Daimler’s (Mercedes-Benz’ mother company) Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC).
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UPS Orders 500 Hybrid Electric and Natural Gas Powered Vans from Daimler
Deemed as the largest order of alternative-fuel and drive-train commercial vehicles to-date, UPS has placed a request of 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and 300 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to Daimler’s (Mercedes-Benz’ mother company) Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC). These environmental friendly vans will be used by UPS for daily delivery operations across the
The 200 hybrid electric vehicles will be deployed in 2009 joining the 25 FCCC HEV delivery trucks already in operation at UPS. Daimler says that the 200 trucks are expected to save 176,000 gallons of fuel annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1,786 tons each year.
- New Mercedes-benz Sl And E-class Hybrids Make Their World Debut At The 2012 Naias
Launching the world’s most fuel-efficient full-size car and a brand-new groundbreaking roadster is not a bad way to draw people to your stand and that’s exactly what Mercedes-Benz did at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show with the two hybrid versions...
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Diesel-electric hybrid powertrains may not be readily available for passenger cars yet, but they are making their appearance on specialty vehicles such as Toyota's new Geneo-Hybrid forklift that will be released in Japan this December. The firm's...
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The good news with Raser Technologies' full size SUV plug-in hybrid which will be revealed at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress in Detroit (April 20-23, 2009), is that it promises to deliver an estimated 100mpg. The bad news...
- Volvo Delivers New Hybrid Trucks To England And France
In a promising move, Volvo Trucks has announced that it will deliver four hybrid powered refuse trucks to Veolia Propreté, one of the world’s largest refuse handling companies, and next autumn they will start work in London and Paris. All four...
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