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National Clean Fleets Partner: Staples

Photo of a Staples delivery truck. Lettering on the truck says, 0 percent exhaust, 100 percent happy. Meet our all-electric delivery truck.

Staples has increased the fuel efficiency of its fleet by more than 20% since 2007 through fuel-saving strategies like automatic idle reduction, speed controls, and advanced driver training. The measures yield annual fuel savings of nearly 3 million gallons. In 2011, Staples started operating 53 all-electric delivery trucks in Ohio, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and California.

Fast Facts

  • Joined the National Clean Fleets Partnership: June 2011
  • Headquarters: Framingham, MA
  • Operations: 26 countries across five continents. Staples operates 1,900 stores in the United States and Canada.
  • Strategies and Technologies: Fuel economy measures, idle reduction, speed controls, driver training, electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, vehicle miles traveled reduction

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