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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - UPS buys more 'green' trucks
Big Brown is adding more green to its fleet
Atlanta,GA, USA -The Atlanta Journal Constitution, by Rachel Tobin Ramos -28 Mar 08: -- The Atlanta-based package company has added 167 natural gas-powered trucks, bringing its green fleet to 1,629. That's still just 1.74 percent of its 93,637 trucks... Forty-two trucks will be deployed in Atlanta. Spokesman Norman Black said UPS will use the vehicles in congested cities. Dallas is getting 25 trucks, and five California cities will get the others... The "compressed natural gas" vehicles are about $1 per gallon cheaper to operate than trucks that run on gas. The green trucks, however, cost $66,000 — about $18,000 more than conventional trucks, Black said...
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