AT&T announced the deployment of the 2,000th alternative fuel vehicle and 1,500th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle in its corporate vehicle fleet. The new roll out gives AT&T one of the largest CNG vehicle fleets in the United States.
"The deployment of our 2,000th alternative fuel vehicle is a significant milestone in an ongoing effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said Jerome Webber, vice president, AT&T Fleet Operations. "To continue making progress, we are working with our suppliers and local municipalities to encourage the expansion of support infrastructure, which would allow the introduction of more fuel efficient vehicles in communities around the U.S.," added Webber.
As announced in March 2009, the communications giant is investing $565 million through 2018 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel technology.
According to the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), AT&T's alternative fuel vehicle initiative will save 49 million gallons of gasoline over the 10-year deployment period and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons–the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing 147,929 passenger vehicles from the road for one year.
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