FedEx Specific begins the trial of renewable diesel to cut back well-to-wheel carbon-emissions in UK linehaul truck community.
FedEx Specific Europe, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest categorical transportation firm, has begun trialling hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel to gas 5 of its company-owned vans in the UK.
In November final 12 months, FedEx Specific launched the usage of renewable diesel to gas heavyweight, long-distance automobiles within the Netherlands, as a extra environmentally beneficial various to fossil fuels. With the deployment of this new 100% HVO gas, the UK turns into the subsequent a part of the FedEx community within the area to begin trialling the usage of renewable gas.
The decarbonisation of the heavyweight transport sector is recognised as tougher than the parcel pick-up and supply sector, the place FedEx Specific has already outlined its purpose to transition to a totally electrical fleet by 2040. Discovering a viable power various to fossil fuels is harder with larger automobiles that additionally are likely to journey longer distances.
Louise Whitehouse, Managing Director Fleet Upkeep, FedEx Specific Europe mentioned:
Utilizing synthetically-made diesel presents an interim answer with the promising capacity to drive down ‘well-to wheel’ carbon emissions by as a lot as 80-90% per litre.
“It signifies that whereas different technological options are nonetheless being developed to assist the business transition away from utilizing fossil fuels altogether, we are able to already make choices to affect and cut back our scope one carbon emissions in our linehaul truck community – these generated by our owned automobiles.”
The FedEx purpose introduced in March 2021 to attain carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040 contains all FedEx owned and operated transportation together with parcel pick-up and supply, its intensive European linehaul truck community, and plane. It additionally contains the corporate’s scope three emissions which might be generated by contracted transportation providers that play a component within the FedEx community.
By demonstrating assist and adoption of diesel alternate options, FedEx is striving to make various fuels extra viable, scalable, and finally accessible throughout the business as options to assist decarbonise hard-to-abate transportation modalities in Europe.
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FedEx Specific begins the trial of renewable diesel to cut back well-to-wheel carbon-emissions in UK linehaul truck community, London, UK, October 16, 2023
