🚒UPS is converting diesel trucks to electric for NYC deliveries.
UPS is investing more seriously in electric vehicles, testing out new EV delivery vans in California and snagging some of Mitsubishi Fuso’s urban trucks coming to NYC.
The shipping company is partnering with New York State’s Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to convert up to 1,500 of its old diesel trucks to all-electric systems.
With a $500,000 grant provided by NYSERDA, UPS will collaborate with energy transportation company Unique Electric Solutions to innovate methods to switch its vehicles over to electric.
Producing a conversion kit is the first milestone, which involves switching out the UPS trucks’ chassis for 225kw electric motorized ones designed by UES; The second is developing a process blueprint to transform three vehicles in a day.
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UPS and NYSERDA to Convert UPS Diesel Delivery Trucks in NYC to Electric – NYSERDA