FedEx Express Years Ahead of Making ‘Green’ Fleet Goal
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FedEx Express said it is “years ahead of schedule” in its goal of making its fleet 20% more fuel efficient by 2020.
The FedEx Corp. unit is now 16.6% more fuel efficient than it was in 2005, and 20% of its diesel pickup-and-delivery fleet already has been converted to cleaner and more efficient vehicles, the company said ealier this month.
“As a result, we are reevaluating our 2020 goal to potentially raise the standard we originally set out to achieve,” Mitch Jackstaff vice president of environmental affairs and sustainability at FedEx Corp., said in a statement.
FedEx, Memphis, Tenn., said it is purchasing vehicles with “right-sized” engines, including Mercedes Sprinter vans, which are 70% to 100% more fuel-efficient than the trucks they are replacing.
By the end of fiscal 2013, FedEx will have more than 11,000 such vehicles in service, representing more than 35% of its U.S. pickup-and-delivery fleet.
FedEx said it is also adding 114 composite-body trucks, which the company expects to be up to 35% more fuel-efficient than most conventional walk-in vans. The company also is planning to deploy 87 new all-electric trucks in the next few months.
FedEx Corp. is ranked No. 2 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
