Penske Truck Leasing and City Harvest Team Up for First-Ever “Green” Refrigerated Truck Fleet

NEW YORK – Penske Truck Leasing and City Harvest have launched an environmentally friendly, refrigerated truck fleet. City Harvest, dedicated to feeding New York City’s hungry men, women, and children, is the first Penske customer to commit to operate a fleet of state-of-the-art hybrid trucks.

“Our organization was founded on the notion of using resources wisely,” stated Emory Edwards, City Harvest director of food transportation. “We are pleased to partner with Penske in bringing this truck fleet to the streets of New York City and to lead the way in the development of this cutting-edge technology. The trucks will help us to deliver food in a cost-effective manner to New Yorkers in need.”

Penske will provide City Harvest with full-service truck leasing support for the hybrids. By the close of 2009, City Harvest plans to have converted its entire fleet of 16 trucks to full hybrid technology. City Harvest is now operating four International Truck and Engine Corporation 18-foot DuraStar Hybrid trucks to deliver food in New York.

City Harvest uses its truck fleet to rescue excess food from all segments of the food industry, delivering it free of charge to more than 600 community food programs throughout the five boroughs. This year, the organization will rescue 23 million pounds of food that would otherwise go to waste, feeding more than 260,000 hungry men, women, and children each week.