FedEx increases sustainability commitment

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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

FedEx has achieved 22 percent improvement in its vehicle fuel economy, surpassing a 20-percent benchmark it set in 2008 seven years early. The company has now set a new target of 30 percent fuel-efficiency improvement over 2008 levels by 2020. The company has made these emissions improvements by increasing the size of its electric vehicle fleet, which will encompass 360 hybrid-electric and 200 electric trucks by the end of the year. Fuel consumption has also improved ...

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