UPS Partners With LA-based Startup to Develop Electric Delivery Truck

UPS Partners With LA-based Startup to Develop Electric Delivery Truck
A United Parcel Service (UPS) truck on delivery is pictured in downtown Los Angeles on October 29, 2014. Mike Blake/Reuters
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United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said it would partner with a Los Angeles-based company to develop an electric medium-duty delivery truck, as the package delivery company expands its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles.

The truck, developed jointly with electric commercial vehicle startup Thor Trucks Inc., is expected to be deployed later this year, UPS said on Tuesday.