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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

UPS adds next-generation hybrids

Atlanta-based United Parcel Service is going greener. Today UPS announced it’s adding 50 next-generation hybrid electric vehicles to its fleet of delivery trucks.

UPS says the new hybrids promise a 45% increase in fuel economy. The vehicles will use 44,000 fewer gallons of gas a year.

UPS already has 13-hundred alternative fuel vehicles and 19,000 low-emission vehicles.

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