All 180 vehicles in Austrian Post’s truck fleet have now been converted from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable fuel that will help to save up to 90% of CO2 emissions over the product lifecycle compared to fossil diesel.
“With HVO, we can already massively reduce our emissions today,” explained Peter Umundum, chief parcel and logistics officer at Österreichische Post. “With an annual consumption of around six million liters of diesel, we are saving several thousand tons of CO2 by switching. We see HVO as a bridging technology that we will use to reduce our emissions until alternative truck drives, such as hydrogen or e-fuels, are ready for the market and economically viable.”
The trucks are on daily postal routes between logistics centers, delivery bases, post offices and postal partners throughout Austria, transporting parcels, letters, brochures, newspapers and magazines.
HVO can be used in diesel engines without conversion and is approved for all makes in the postal operator’s fleet – Iveco, MAN and Volvo. The fuel is purchased from filling station partners Eni, MMM, OMV and Turmöl and is subject to the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II). It ensures that biofuels have no negative impact on food production, the environment or social sustainability.