Ups will buy 10 000 electric delivery vans from uk startup arrival.
Ups electric vans.
Electric vehicles from ups and other fleets will sail quietly through streets while emitting no pollution.
Delivery giant ups has ordered 10 000 electric trucks from arrival a technology company based in the uk.
Ups announced today that they are investing in uk based ev startup arrival and ordering 10 000 electric delivery vans from them in order to electrify their fleet.
The company is behind the workhorse w 15 plug in electric pickup truck and it s also developing an all electric delivery van called the c 1000.
Workhorse is reportedly building 950 electric delivery vans for ups most likely in the former general motors plant it purchased in lordstown ohio in november.
Also cool new technologies used in the service of sustainability engage and excite employees.
Using electric vehicles in nothing new for ups it says that it has been using the alternative vehicles since way back in the 1930s.
The new arrival lightweight composite vehicles will join ups s existing fleet of eco friendly vehicles which already includes more than 300 electric vehicles and nearly 700 hybrids.
It is also teaming up with waymo to pilot autonomous delivery routes and it s expanding its drone delivery experiments.
Some of the vehicles will be trialed in london and paris later this year building on a.
Ups he says has saved 400 million in recent years from its routing system.
There are brand benefits to this kind of innovation.
Electric vehicle company arrival has co developed a fleet of 10 000 modular electric vans with ups in the delivery service s signature livery.
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