The transportation leader is reducing its
carbon footprint and offering customers opportunities to lower
emissions
Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal
provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services,
announced today the carrier’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) fleet
has hit the impressive milestone of hauling more than 1 million
zero emission miles of customer freight.
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Schneider currently operates one of the largest BEV fleets in
North America at the company’s Southern California Intermodal
Operations Center, featuring almost 100 Freightliner eCascadias and
a charging depot about half the size of a football field.
The carrier’s first electric trucks began hauling customers’
freight in January. Since then, the fleet has grown to a total of
94 electric vehicles, including 92 battery electric trucks and two
electric yard spotters. The eCascadias have avoided approximately
3.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions – the equivalent of
removing more than 330 gas-powered passenger vehicles from the road
for a year.
“We are driven by our commitment to sustainability and
innovation to be one of the first carriers to embrace electric as a
powerful solution for hauling freight,” said Schneider President
and CEO Mark Rourke. “We believe in a future where clean technology
helps transform the way we move goods and reduces our environmental
footprint while still delivering on our promises of efficiency and
reliability for customers. This milestone is just the first of
many.”
Schneider has already hauled for major brands, including
Goodyear and Frito-Lay North America.
“Frito-Lay’s strides in eliminating Scope 3 emissions were
exemplified this year through our first-ever third-party electric
vehicle shipment with Schneider,” said PepsiCo Foods North America
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer David Allen. “As
the first to contract transport on Schneider’s eCascadia fleet, our
collaboration serves as a blueprint for how Frito-Lay and PepsiCo
are working alongside our transportation partners to build a
sustainable food system and reach our PepsiCo Positive net-zero
emissions goal by 2040.”
Schneider worked alongside Freightliner’s parent company Daimler
Truck North America (DTNA) every step of the way as the eCascadia
evolved, piloting a truck for six months in 2020-2021 through the
Freightliner Customer Experience Fleet. Now, the company is proud
to be the first to achieve 1 million zero emission miles with the
eCascadia.
"Three years ago, we tested the Freightliner eCascadia with
Schneider in real-world test applications, and now they have
already delivered goods on 1 million fully electric miles with
their electric fleet. This is an important milestone, not just for
Schneider, but for the industry as a whole," said DTNA Senior Vice
President of Sales and Marketing David Carson. "Not only that, but
clean transportation in the form of zero emission trucks on the
road brings our society closer to a better future."
The South El Monte charging site features 16 350 kW dual-corded
dispensers, allowing the carrier to charge 32 trucks
simultaneously. The eCascadias achieve an 80% charge within 90
minutes and have a typical driving range of up to approximately 220
miles.
Each day, the zero emission trucks accelerate the company’s
progress toward its goal of reducing per-mile emissions by 7.5% by
2025 and 60% by 2035, while also helping customers reach their own
sustainability goals. Schneider is already more than halfway to its
2025 goal.
To commemorate the 1 million zero emission mile accomplishment,
Schneider President and CEO Mark Rourke will ring the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) closing bell on Tuesday, November 21.
Funding for 50 of Schneider’s 92 eCascadias was made possible by
the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI), the first
battery electric truck project jointly funded by the California Air
Resources Board and the California Energy Commission.
For the additional 42 trucks outside JETSI, five are jointly
funded by the U.S. EPA FY18 Targeted Airshed Grant and Hybrid and
Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP), seven
are funded by the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust, and 30
trucks are funded by HVIP.
For more information on Schneider’s fleet sustainability
initiatives, please visit:
https://schneider.com/company/corporate-responsibility.
Note to the media: To set up an interview with Schneider
President and CEO Mark Rourke, contact Kara Leiterman at
920-370-7188 or email leitermank@schneider.com. Video
of Schneider’s battery electric trucks is available for download
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Schneider
About Schneider
Schneider is a premier multimodal provider of transportation,
intermodal and logistics services. Offering one of the broadest
portfolios in the industry, Schneider’s solutions include Regional
and Long-Haul Truckload, Expedited, Dedicated, Bulk, Intermodal,
Brokerage, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, Port Logistics and
Logistics Consulting.
With over $6.6 billion in annual revenue, Schneider has been
safely delivering superior customer experiences and investing in
innovation for over 85 years. The company’s digital marketplace,
Schneider FreightPower®, is revolutionizing the industry giving
shippers access to an expanded, highly flexible capacity network
and provides carriers with unmatched access to quality
drop-and-hook freight – Always Delivering, Always Ahead.
For more information about Schneider, visit Schneider.com or
follow the company socially on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter:
@WeAreSchneider.
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