Sandy Springs-based UPS plans to retrofit air conditioning in 5,000 trucks

UPS To Raise Shipping Rates In 2003 UNDATED FILE PHOTO - A driver loads packages onto a truck at a United Parcel Service facility in an undated photo. UPS announced November 8, 2002 that it is raising package shipping rates for 2003. The company, based in Atlanta, Georgia, will boost rates, effective January 6, by 3.2% for Next Day Air and 2.9% for Worldwide Express delivery. (Photo by UPS/Getty Images) (Getty Images/Getty Images)

By WSB Radio News Staff

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Sandy Springs-based UPS announces it’s putting air conditioning in 5,000 existing vehicles.

About 2,000 will be ready to roll by next summer and the rest will be finished by June of 2027.

The air conditioned vehicles will mainly be sent to the hottest parts of the country in the south and southwest, including Georgia.