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DHL, Ryder Expand Green Truck Fleets
New York,NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Mar 31, 2011: ... The green truck purchases by two large transportation companies underscore growing commercial interest in alternative fuels as diesel prices rise... By September, DHL's New York fleet will include 30 electric vans and 50 hybrids. Those trucks will cut fossil fuel use and reduce carbon emissions 50 percent compared with conventional diesel or gasoline-powered models, DHL said... On the West Coast, Ryder ordered more than 200 natural gas-powered heavy trucks... That is the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck order to date for Freightliner, which introduced the M2-112 with the Cummins ISL-G natural gas engine in 2009. The vehicles will use either liquefied or compressed natural gas... The Southern California natural gas project will eliminate about 9.2 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, more than 131 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions and 2.65 tons of diesel particulate emissions a year, Ryder and the local government organization said... When fully implemented, SANBAG, will displace more than 1.5 million gallons of diesel a year and create more than 400 jobs...
