What’s the nation’s largest retailer? What’s the nation’s largest single civilian employer? Which retail company has over 7,800 of its own trucks? Sam answer: Wal-Mart.
Last fall, T. Boone Pickens went to Bentonville, Arkansas to meet with the chairman of Wal-Mart to talk about having Wal-Mart take a few of its heavy trucks – the 18-wheelers that go from distribution centers to retail stores and back – which are running on imported diesel to run on domestic natural gas.
Wal-Mart is moving ahead on just such a test, according to this report in the Dallas Morning News.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday put a new spotlight on natural gas-powered vehicles – this time on trucks.
The world’s largest retailer said it plans to test four models of heavy-duty commercial trucks powered by either hybrid engines or alternative fuels.
Wal-Mart has been a leader in becoming more environmentally friendly. Two stores are being run as tests to see how little energy some of their massive stores can use.
According to the Morning News:
Wal-Mart, which operates one of the largest private truck fleets in the world, said the new trucks are part of its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint.
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— The Pickens Team