FedEx Adds Nearly 100 Hybrid Vehicles to Its Fleet

FedEx announced that it has added 92 hybrid vehicles to its fleet of delivery trucks, bringing its grand green total to 264 hybrid vehicles. The company started accumulated the lower-emissions, fuel-sipping hybrid-electric vehicles in 2004. The trucks were converted to hybrid systems by Freightliner and Eaton Corporation, and each truck was at least eight years old with 300,000 miles or more on it before the conversion.

How much good have the FedEx hybrid conversions done? Here’s the numbers from the company:

• Reduced fuel use by 150,000 gallons since 2004
• Reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 1,521 metric tons sine 2004
• Equivalent to removing 279 cars from the road each year
• 50 new temporary green jobs created during the past six months while trucks were being converted