Ryder’s Natural-Gas Truck Fleet Surpasses 30 Million Miles
Ryder System Inc. has announced that its fleet of natural-gas vehicles has surpassed 30 million miles.
Ryder's fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving customers in California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as in Canada.
Ryder said that since deploying its natural-gas vehicle program in 2011, the company has replaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel with lower-emission, domestically produced natural gas.
“We continue to see demand for natural-gas vehicles from businesses looking to reduce costs and advance the environmental sustainability of their fleets,” said Dennis Cooke, president of Ryder's Global Fleet Management Solutions.
Ryder says it has been able to leverage its buying-power knowledge of emerging fleet technologies, and government rebates and tax incentive programs to help reduce natural-gas vehicle costs for customers and offer more competitive lease and rental rates.
In addition to making natural-gas vehicles available for rent or lease, Ryder offers a “Flex-to-Green Lease” solution that is designed to ease the transition to a greener fleet. Businesses that opt for Ryder’s Flex-to-Green Lease start out with a diesel-powered vehicle and then have the option to convert to a natural-gas vehicle at any time after the first full year of the lease.
Ryder operates liquefied to compressed natural gas, or LCNG, fuel stations at its California service locations in Fontana and Orange. Ryder also offers LNG fueling at its Fulton, Georgia, maintenance facility. Ryder System is the parent company of Ryder Supply Chain Solutions, which ranks No. 11 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of for-hire carriers in the United States and Canada.
