UPS is the Green Truck Leader - But the Market Is Stalled

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United Parcel Service (UPS) is adding 200 hybrid-electric delivery trucks to the 50 that are already wearing the company’s familiar brown livery. It’s a start, but to really make a dent in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions (as well as sustain a budding industry), much larger orders—tens of thousands—are needed. And while companies are quick to send out a press release every time they buy a greenish vehicle, in fact, the green truck fleet is still small.

Why? Economics.

http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10004493/hybrid-and-electric-delivery-trucks-big-fleets-waiting-to-happen/
Industry.bnet.com -- CBS Interactive
Jim Motavalli, April 6, 2010