UPS says 50 Workhorse plug-in hybrid trucks cost no more than regular delivery vans

Prototype plug-in electric delivery van with fuel-cell range extender to be tested by UPS in 2017For almost a decade, commercial-fleet managers have acknowledged that electric truck are much cheaper to run per mile than the diesel equivalents they now use. But justifying the purchase of electric trucks has been a challenge because their upfront costs have been considerably higher. That may now have changed, according to no less a fleet...