Brown expands green fleet nation-wide
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — UPS Canada says it’s rolling out 139 additional cleaner-burning, propane delivery trucks across the country.
The majority the vehicles will be deployed in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta and the rest distributed between B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The propane vehicles are joining roughly 600 propane trucks already operating in Canada. Now, more than a third of UPS Canada’s 2,000 package delivery vehicles will run on low-carbon fuel.
The 139 new propane trucks — which run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — are expected to reduce UPS’s carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 254 metric tonnes per year, the equivalent weight of 80 UPS trucks, the company says. This would be a 35 percent improvement compared to conventional gas engines.
Additionally, particulate matter emitted from vehicles will be virtually eliminated. Nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions are about 20 percent and 60 percent less, respectively, than conventional vehicles.
UPS’s global alternative-fuel fleet now stands at 1,629 vehicles and includes compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane and electric and hybrid electric vehicles. UPS is also working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a hydraulic hybrid delivery vehicle.
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