Editing Ryder (section)

== History ==
Ryder was founded in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], in 1933 by James Ryder as a [[concrete]] hauling company with one truck, a 1931 Model "A" Ford.<ref name=companyhistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryder.com/aboutus_cinfo_history.shtml|title=Ryder History|publisher=Ryder System, Inc.|access-date=August 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229101417/http://www.ryder.com/aboutus_cinfo_history.shtml|archive-date=December 29, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1938, Ryder signed a five-truck lease deal with Champagne Velvet Beer, increasing Ryder's fleet to 20 trucks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ryder.com/about-us/history |title=History of Ryder's Trucking and Logistics |access-date=2018-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170112/https://ryder.com/about-us/history |archive-date=2018-07-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> By the following year, the fleet had more than 50 trucks. This led to Ryder changing its focus from [[Distribution (business)|distribution]] to leasing. Ryder bought Great Southern Trucking Company in 1952. In 1955, Ryder System, Inc. was formed to combine Great Southern and Ryder Truck Rental. Ryder System went public in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Ryder-System-Inc-Company-History.html|title=Ryder System, Inc. Company History|publisher=Funding Universe|access-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123202359/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Ryder-System-Inc-Company-History.html|archive-date=January 23, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s, Ryder expanded into distribution and [[supply chain]]. James Ryder retired in 1978.<ref name="companyhistory" />

A Ryder truck was used in the [[Oklahoma City Bombing]] on April 19, 1995. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Serrano |first1=Richard |title=Agent Identifies McVeigh as Man Who Rented Truck |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-10-mn-57389-story.html |access-date=26 August 2024 |agency=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In 1996, Ryder decided to focus on commercial truck rental and leasing, and exited the "one-way" consumer truck rental business; which was purchased by equity firm Questor Partners Fund LP, who later sold it to [[Budget Truck Rental]] in June 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/industry-reports/personal/truck-rental-leasing-without-drivers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028054346/http://business.highbeam.com/industry-reports/personal/truck-rental-leasing-without-drivers|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-10-28|title=Truck Rental and Leasing Without Drivers market report |website=highbeam.com|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Budget To Acquire Ryder Deal Would Create No. 2 U.S. Truck, Car Rental Firm |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/mar/05/budget-to-acquire-ryder-deal-would-create-no-2-us/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref>

In December 2011, the non-partisan organization [[Public Campaign#Reports|Public Campaign]] criticized Ryder for spending $960,000 on [[lobbying]] and not paying any taxes during 2008 to 2010, instead getting $46 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $627 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Portero|first=Ashley|title=30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008–2010|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/264481/20111209/30-major-u-s-corporations-paid-lobby.htm|work=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107173713/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/264481/20111209/30-major-u-s-corporations-paid-lobby.htm|url-status=live|archive-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref>

In 2017 Ryder launched electric truck rentals in [[California]], and [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-03 |title=Ryder Adds Electric Trucks for Sale, Lease or Rent |url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ryder-adds-electric-trucks-rent-or-lease |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Transport Topics |language=en}}</ref> The trucks were equipped with 70 kWh batteries, which had an estimated range of 100 miles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/3/16598208/ryder-chanje-electric-van-rentals-new-york-california|title=Ryder will start renting electric vans in New York, California, and Illinois|work=The Verge|access-date=2017-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103181830/https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/3/16598208/ryder-chanje-electric-van-rentals-new-york-california|archive-date=2017-11-03|url-status=live}}</ref> Ryder is the exclusive maintenance provider for [[Workhorse Group|Workhorse]]'s electric fleet in North America, first launched in the San Francisco Bay area in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 May 2017|title=Ryder partners with Workhorse Group|url=https://www.fleetowner.com/resource-center/maintenance/article/21695945/ryder-partners-with-workhorse-group|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.fleetowner.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kane|first=Mark|date=30 March 2018|title=Workhorse N-GEN Electric Van Hits The Road|url=https://insideevs.com/news/337431/workhorse-n-gen-electric-van-hits-the-road/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=InsideEVs|language=en}}</ref>