UPS has announced the conversion of an additional 33 diesel delivery vehicles to electric or hybrid, as part of ZUKUNFT.de, an initiative sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure to explore ways to make package delivery more sustainable.
Luke Wake, Director of Automotive Engineering & Advanced Technology Group said, “fleet electrification is one of the areas where we seek to act as an industry leader. Our operations are well suited toward electric vehicle technologies but the lack of vehicle availability continues to prove frustrating”. Of the 33 vehicles, 15 will run purely on electricity and the remaining 18 will be plugin hybrids. The e-vehicle conversions will be used initially in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt-am-Main, with further cities to follow.
UPS hopes for up to 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year in greenhouse gas emission reductions and currently operates more than 80 fully-electric delivery vehicles in Germany.
Source: UPS
