AT&T plans to invest up to $565 million to deploy approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles over the course of a 10-year period through 2018, and the telecommunications giant just announced it has reached the halfway mark.
The firm has placed over 7,500 alternative fuel vehicles in 44 states around the US, including a 2013 compressed natural gas (CNG) Chevy Express van delivered to Lenexa, Kansas. The vehicles include 5,474 CNG, 1,996 hybrid electric, 27 extended range electric, and three all-electric vehicles. AT&T’s deployment of alternative fuel vehicles enabled the company to avoid the purchase of 7.7M gallons of gasoline from the beginning of the program through the end of 2012.
The remaining AFV deployments beyond Q1 2014 will primarily consist of alternative fuel passenger vehicles including hybrid electric and plug-in extended range electric vehicles which will offer a significant improvement in fuel economy and reduction in tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions as compared to similar conventionally fueled vehicles.
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