DHL Parcel UK has taken delivery of 30 Volvo FM LNG tractor units and six fully electric 16-tons Volvo trucks which will hit the road in London from January 2023 and which will start going into operation later in the year. Both deployments are part of a €74 million (£64m) UK investment in green heavy fleet in line with Deutsche Post DHL Group’s sustainability strategy. The LNG vehicles will be powered with biomethane.
This marks another important step forward in DHL Parcel UK’s decarbonization plans and Deutsche Post DHL Group’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050. On the road to achieving this goal, the group will invest over €7 billion (£6 billion) in sustainable fuel and clean technologies by 2030 alone. Converting the DHL fleet for pick-up, delivery and linehauls to either electric drives or sustainable fuel solutions is an important lever in this.
“Our aim is to be at the forefront of change in UK road transport. Having zero emissions electric vehicles in our final mile heavy fleet is a major step forward in our vision of net zero logistics related emissions,” said Peter Fuller CEO, DHL Parcel UK.
Once commissioning of the LNG tank is complete and drivers have been trained how to safely refuel, the 30 new Volvo FM LNG tractors will be based at the DHL Parcel UK hub in Coventry. With a maximum reach of up to 400 miles per tank, they will be used on routes throughout the UK. When running on bio-LNG the LNG tractor units emit 85% less CO2 emissions compared to a traditional diesel engine with the same power output (460bhp).
Source: DHL Parcel UK
