LONDON, United Kingdom, October 16, 2023 – FedEx Express Europe, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has launched… (NYSE: FDX), the world’s largest rapid transit company, is trialling renewable diesel fuel treated with vegetable oil (HVO) to fuel five of its company-owned trucks. in the UK.
In November last year, FedEx Express launched the use of renewable diesel to fuel heavy-duty, long-distance vehicles in the Netherlands, as a more environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels. With the deployment of this new 100% vegetable oil fuel, the UK becomes the next part of the FedEx network in the region to begin trialling the use of renewable fuels.
Admittedly, decarbonizing the heavy transportation sector is a bigger challenge than the package pickup and delivery sector, with FedEx Express already setting its goal of transitioning to an all-electric fleet by 2040. Finding a viable energy alternative to fossil fuels is even more difficult With larger vehicles they also tend to travel longer distances.
“Using synthetic diesel provides an interim solution with the promising potential to reduce carbon emissions by up to 80-90% per litre. This means that while other technological solutions are still being developed to help the industry transition away from fossil fuels completely, we can Already making decisions to impact and reduce our first-tier carbon emissions in our haulage network – those generated by our owned vehicles,” said Louise Whitehouse, Managing Director, Fleet Maintenance, FedEx Express Europe.
FedEx target Announced in March 2021 To achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040, this includes all modes of transportation owned and operated by FedEx, including package pickup and delivery, its extensive European route carrier network, and aircraft. It also includes the third corporate domain that is created by contract transportation services that play a role in the FedEx network. By showing support and adoption of diesel alternatives, FedEx is striving to make alternative fuels more viable, scalable and ultimately accessible across the industry as solutions to help decarbonize hard-to-mitigate transportation in Europe.
