Tesco has introduced 42 new low-carbon trucks in the Livingston in Scotland as part of the strategy to reduce emissions in its operations. The new biomethane powered vehicles will serve over 250 stores in Scotland, Cumbira and Northumbira.
The Tesco low-carbon trucks are expected to save up to 6,473 tonnes of CO2e each year. Every vehicle will travel over 200,000km per year, which will help save a lot of emissions over conventional diesel trucks.
The new IVECO S-Way Natural Gas trucks are powered by biomethane, which is a fuel that is produced using animal and food waste. Tesco claims that the cars are capable of saving up to 83 percent of CO2 emissions in comparison to the similar diesel vehicles.
They are equipped with fuel-efficient engines, aerodynamic side mirrors and a Silent Mode which encourages quieter night deliveries.
Tesco has also collaborated with CNG Fuels to put up a refuelling station near its Regional Distribution Centre in Livingston to support the new fleet. This facility ensures that drivers can refuel within a short time just like the normal diesel cars and this minimizes downtime. At the present, the trucks represent 20 percent of the Livingston fleet.
Tesco has been experimenting with low-carbon transport solutions over a number of years. In 2021 the retailer introduced the first fully electric articulated large goods vehicles in UK.
It followed this the next year with a zero-emission electric lorry to deliver to its 400 stores within Greater London using the Distribution Centre in Dagenham. On the current day, Tesco has four electric lorries and each one of them subsidizes approximately 30,000 diesel road miles per year.
The addition of the Tesco low-carbon trucks demonstrates the retailer’s continued focus on cutting emissions and reaching carbon neutrality across its own operations by 2035.
