Whether it be mandating more right-hand turns or adding alternative fuel-powere trucks to their fleet, UPS has become a mastermind at eeking out fuel efficiency. In 2009, UPS drivers logged 77.3 million miles more than they did ten years earlier, but used 3.2 million gallons less fuel.
But they're not stopping there. Earth and Industry says,Not settling with fuel efficiency improvements to date, the global delivery giant last week promised to improve its fuel economy an additional 9 percent by 2020. Modest, perhaps, but when a fleet of vehicles the size of UPS can improve efficiency by just a small amount, we could be talking about savings of millions of gallons fuel.
According to the UPS sustainability report released last week,The company's new goal for U.S. Domestic Package segment would improve fleet fuel economy by an additional 9 percent by 2020, representing a 20 percent improvement by 2020 as compared to fuel economy in 2000.
With fuel prices being what they are, you would think fuel efficiency like this would be a business no-brainer.
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