FedEx Express Europe is using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to fuel five trucks in the UK in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
The trial serves as an extension to FedEx Express’s use of renewable diesel for long-distance vehicles in the Netherlands.
Louise Whitehouse, managing director fleet maintenance at FedEx Express Europe, said: “Using synthetically-made diesel offers an interim solution with the promising ability to drive down ‘well-to wheel’ carbon emissions by as much as 80-90% per litre. It means that while other technological solutions are still being developed to help the industry transition away from using fossil fuels altogether, we can already make decisions to influence and reduce our scope one carbon emissions in our linehaul truck network – those generated by our owned vehicles.”
