AT&T deployed its 4,000th alternative-fuel vehicle in its corporate vehicle fleet. AT&T also announced that it has deployed its 3,000th compressed natural gas vehicle.


The 4,000th AFV was deployed in Chicago and its 3,000th CNG in Houston. Both vehicles are Ford E250 CNG vans.

The deployments are the latest in AT&T's planned 10-year investment of up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative-fuel models through 2018.

Currently, the AT&T corporate fleet, which is part of the Department of Energy's Clean Cities' National Clean Fleets Partnership, boasts more than 71,500 vehicles. AT&T avoided the purchase of one million gallons of petroleum in 2010 as a result of its use of CNG vehicles.

Along with its fleet of CNG vehicles, AT&T is deploying all-electric and extended range electric vehicles in its fleet. AT&T fleets in St. Louis, Dallas and Los Angeles received the first of these vehicles. AT&T expects to make additional deployments in 2011 and 2012.

Through 2013, AT&T anticipates it will have purchased approximately 8,000 CNG vehicles at an anticipated cost of $350 million. AT&T expects to invest an additional $215 million through 2018 to replace approximately 7,100 fleet passenger cars with alternative-fuel models.

According to a 2009 Center for Automotive Research report, AT&T's planned alternative-fuel vehicle initiative will save 49 million gallons of gasoline over the 10-year deployment period. And reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons.