Purolator drives forward with Azure deal
Making good so far on its earlier intentions, Purolator Courier, Canada’s largest next-day delivery company, has placed an order for 115 new hybrid-electric delivery vehicles from Toronto-based Azure Dynamics. It’s part of a five-year plan to replace up to half its fleet of 4,000 vehicles with Azure’s hybrid versions. “The 115 hybrid electric vehicle order is the largest of its kind in the delivery industry,” said Azure CEO Campbell Deacon. For a detailed look at the history of the deal, check out this June article in the Toronto Star. Purolator is expecting delivery of the vehicles in 2006.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca