Jaguar Land Rover cuts road freight emissions in the U.K.

Jaguar Land Rover is reducing the CO₂e emissions of its U.K. road freight fleet by transitioning to a combination battery power, bio-compressed natural gas, and hydrotreated vegetable oil-powered heavy goods vehicles.

The switch is being executed in collaboration with global logistics company DHL, and is said to achieve a minimum CO₂e saving of 85% per heavy goods vehicle on goods moving between Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing centres, suppliers, and retailers in the U.K.

The fleet will also use larger 15.6m trailers instead of the current 13.6m trailers, a move which Jaguar Land Rover states will cut weekly travel by over 5,600km, reducing annual CO₂e emissions by a further 254 tonnes.

Jaguar Land Rover expects the changes to save up to 8,433 tonnes of carbon annually. The firm plans to achieve carbon net zero status by 2039.