UPS will build another five compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add more than 700 new CNG vehicles to its national fleet.
This $130 million investment in CNG capacity for 2018 builds on previous UPS investments of $100 million in 2016 and $90 million in 2017. UPS will have invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations from 2008 through 2018.
The five new CNG stations will be set up in Goodyear, Ariz.; Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.; and Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas. Four hundred semi-tractors will be supplied by Freightliner and Kenworth and 330 terminal trucks by TICO, the company said.
UPS will use new CNG vehicles on routes where the new CNG stations are located, as well as add to existing natural gas fleets in other UPS locations including Atlanta and Salt Lake City.
UPS currently operates more than 50 natural gas fueling stations located across the United States, as well as in Vancouver, Canada and Tamworth, United Kingdom.
By 2020, the company intends have one in four new vehicles operating on alternative fuel sources.