FedEx adds four hybrid trucks to its Denver fleet
Posted by rick on 24 Feb 2007 at 01:49 am | Tagged as: cars
FedEx has added four hybrid electric delivery trucks to its Denver fleet. That brings the total number of hybrid trucks in use by the shipper to 93. Hopefully FedEx is in this for the long haul and these 93 vehicles are not just for publicity. It would be nice to see FedEx come out with a medium-term plan to replace their standard delivery trucks with hybrids as they reach the end of their service lives. That kind of announcement would make good headlines and be an impetus for some healthy competition between UPS, DHL, and FedEx to be greener than each other. Considering that the shipping industry uses a heck of a lot of gas, these companies are in a position to make a real difference. For now, though, I’ll give FedEx the benefit of the doubt and assume there’s more to come.
