In the article: “Electrification of road freight transport: Policy implications in British Columbia” by Hoda Talebain, Omar E. Herrera, Martino Tran, Walter Merida, the researchers took a detailed look into the effects of switching road freight transport from diesel- and gas-powered semi-trucks to fully electric. They did a full calculation and timeline estimate that if all trucks in British Columbia were to change by 2040 that they could reduce 64% of the emissions from Road Freight transport. For this to happen 65% of Road Freight stocks need to become all electric. but at the same time the infrastructure that is in place in British Columbia cannot support the amount of energy required to support all of the electric trucking. Finally, they also suggest that natural gases May provide a pathway for a low carbon hydrogen production that could be an alternative to Electric it would still have a carbon footprint, but it would be minuscule compared to that which exists today. Something else that was pointed out by the researchers is that 25% of total Greenhouse 5 emissions in the world is coming from road transportation, specifically half of it is Road Freight transportation. Our team can use this for Veritread project to identify cost and carbon reduction emissions while also showing them the benefits of it through reduced carbon footprint and later on carbon credits. The only big cost to them would be the capital investment of owning an electric truck in recharging it. It is also unknown if Lakeland power grid would be able to handle a fleet of an electric trucking fleet, this may be too much cost.
Further researching information surrounding road transportation has taught us many factors that play into increased need for eco-friendly alternatives. Electric fleet trucks are not yet price optimized so that they can be a viable replacement for the already established gasoline-powered trucks that many firms are adapted to. With the new age of consumerism being fueled by e-commerce and how quickly and conveniently one may go about purchasing, it makes it difficult for the industry to meet demands but also put forth ecofriendly efforts. In the article, “Sustainable Logistics: Making the Last Mile Eco-Friendly!” topics such as the prior examples were discussed by going over ways that alternatives can be made effective as soon as today.
Further researching information surrounding road transportation has taught us many factors that play into increased need for eco-friendly alternatives. Electric fleet trucks are not yet price optimized so that they can be a viable replacement for the already established gasoline-powered trucks that many firms are adapted to. With the new age of consumerism being fueled by e-commerce and how quickly and conveniently one may go about purchasing, it makes it difficult for the industry to meet demands but also put forth ecofriendly efforts. In the article, “Sustainable Logistics: Making the Last Mile Eco-Friendly!” topics such as the prior examples were discussed by going over ways that alternatives can be made effective as soon as today.
With the increased want for products by delivery means, shipping has become a selling point in maintaining customer loyalty. The irony of all of this is that as increased demands for faster shipping has come about, the increased attention towards brands and their Eco-friendly efforts has increased amongst consumers. In fact, “According to one study, 57% of consumers are ready to boycott brands which don’t appear to share their social beliefs,” (Reference, 2) and as environmental efforts being more readily understood and talked about, consumers like to see big brands put forth effort towards mitigation of our total carbonfootprint. What cannot be currently solved within transportation, however, can be solved with packaging and resources used outside of the transportation of the end product. Tide has gone about using less plastic within their containers in addition to changing the shape of their container in order to conserve package space. It’s little steps such as these that lead us to be a Eco-friendlier society and as certain brands see others in the industry take action, more are bound to follow suit. At Veritread, we can implement optimization formulas for how these loads are hauled from order to order. Ensuring that there is the correct amount of trucks used, utilized fleet capacity, and route efficiency are factors that we have found to be the most important when discussing these matters amongst the group and members of the Veritread organization. Further understanding the consumers that make up Veritread and how day-to-day operations for filling an order works, will allow to make correct decisions on how Veritread can be both Eco-friendly as well as being one of the first to fully initialize these efforts among their respective industry.
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