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Article: Wine distributor goes green with hybrid trucks; Peterbilt rolls out electric-diesel vehicles that cut fuel costs, emissions.(supplyscan)
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- Food Logistics
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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VinLux Fine Wine Transport, a wine distributor based in Napa, CA, is using two temperature-controlled hybrid electric medium-duty trucks to reduce fuel costs and emissions.
The Model 335 hybrid trucks are the first production models produced by Paterbilt Motors Co., Denton, TX. Last month, VinLux began using the trucks to service restaurants and retailers in the San Francisco Bay area from its Napa warehouse.
"We're committed to going green and protecting the Californian environment, and Peterbilt hybrids are a perfect solution for us," says Fred Biagi, owner of VinLux, a joint venture between warehousing and transportation company Biagi Bros. Inc. and ...