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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 764635" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>You're a hoot. <em>You</em> put a positive spin on the vehicle purchases and it's OK. I point out that they are probably doing it with a gun to their heads, and I'm anti-company. At my station they've still got some 1984 600's that are in daily use, and some pre-1990 Econolines that are also daily drivers. As the states that have tough air-pollution regs get the newer vehicles that FedEx is more or less forced to buy (like hybrids), the rest of us get California's crap. If Fred could continue to operate smog-belching gas hogs in those states, he would. In other words, he isn't doing most of us any favors.</p><p> </p><p>By the way, that pure-electric van that did the Route 66 tour is an off the shelf Navistar model available to anyone. FedEx tried to present it as new technology that they (FedEx) had pioneered. Uh, no. Anyone else notice it had a tractor-trailer chase vehicle so they could keep it running and/or tote it up the mountain passes? Fred will probably buy a handful of them so he can claim we're "lean and green", and continue to operate a vast fleet of gas vehicles that grossly pollute the air.</p><p> </p><p>Fred isn't afraid to spend the big bucks on planes though. Seems there's always money for those, and none for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 764635, member: 12508"] You're a hoot. [I]You[/I] put a positive spin on the vehicle purchases and it's OK. I point out that they are probably doing it with a gun to their heads, and I'm anti-company. At my station they've still got some 1984 600's that are in daily use, and some pre-1990 Econolines that are also daily drivers. As the states that have tough air-pollution regs get the newer vehicles that FedEx is more or less forced to buy (like hybrids), the rest of us get California's crap. If Fred could continue to operate smog-belching gas hogs in those states, he would. In other words, he isn't doing most of us any favors. By the way, that pure-electric van that did the Route 66 tour is an off the shelf Navistar model available to anyone. FedEx tried to present it as new technology that they (FedEx) had pioneered. Uh, no. Anyone else notice it had a tractor-trailer chase vehicle so they could keep it running and/or tote it up the mountain passes? Fred will probably buy a handful of them so he can claim we're "lean and green", and continue to operate a vast fleet of gas vehicles that grossly pollute the air. Fred isn't afraid to spend the big bucks on planes though. Seems there's always money for those, and none for us. [/QUOTE]
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