Ups Electric Vans

Ups has committed to purchasing 10 000 electric delivery vans from the startup in which it has also invested heavily after several years of working with the company to plan the logistics giant s.

Ups electric vans.

Electric vehicle company arrival has co developed a fleet of 10 000 modular electric vans with ups in the delivery service s signature livery. Delivery giant ups has ordered 10 000 electric trucks from arrival a technology company based in the uk. It is also teaming up with waymo to pilot autonomous delivery routes and it s expanding its drone delivery experiments. 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.

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. Some of the vehicles will be trialed in london and paris later this year building on a. 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. Ups commits to purchasing 10 000 of arrival s vehicles purpose built for ups both companies are co developing electric delivery vehicles for ups advanced vehicle controls create new functionality equity investment gives ups early access to arrival s vehicles arrival is the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to provide purpose built.

Using electric vehicles in nothing new for ups it says that it has been using the alternative vehicles since way back in the 1930s. Ups orders 10 000 electric delivery trucks plans test of self driving vans the 10 000 arrival electric delivery trucks will be delivered to ups starting in the second half of this year through 2025. Electric vehicles from ups and other fleets will sail quietly through streets while emitting no pollution. We have previously reported on.

Ups will buy 10 000 electric delivery vans from uk startup arrival. 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.