UPS To Add Fueling Stations And 1,400 CNG Vehicles

Package delivery giant UPS announced that it is building an additional 15 compressed natural gas fuel stations and adding 1,400 more CNG vehicles over the next year. Twelve of the CNG stations will be in new natural gas vehicle deployment areas, and three will replace existing CNG stations with higher capacity equipment. UPS currently has 5,088 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles in its global fleet. The new vehicles will add to that total.

UPS said its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet will log more than 350 million mi. per year following the new additions. This will displace approximately 54 million gallons of conventional diesel and gasoline annually.

The new vehicles will operate in 15 cities. They are Atlanta, GA; Charleston, WV; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Doraville, GA; Lenexa, KS; Lexington, KY; Montgomery, AL; New Orleans, LA; New Stanton, PA; Oklahoma City, OK; Port Allen, LA; Shreveport, LA; Richmond, VA, and Roanoke, VA.

In a separate press announcement, Agility Fuel Systems said UPS has ordered 445 of its 160 DGE behind-the-cab CNG fuel systems for delivery this year. The new order will increase UPS’ fleet of vehicles operating with Agility systems to nearly 1,600 heavy-duty trucks.