Zero-Emission Trucking: Driving the Transition to a Circular Economy
In May of 2023, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 made its first zero-emissions delivery of steel, launching a with PGT Trucking and Nikola focused on building a clean energy supply chain.
is the first flatbed trucking company to actively grow its fleet with zero emissions equipment through its and is one of the leading manufacturers of commercial electric vehicles and related components and infrastructure. is a company that is globally transforming the transportation industry as a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure.
鈥淧GT Trucking is proud to partner with companies like Nikola and Yabo亚博集团官方网站 who share a common vision and commitment to a greener future,鈥� said Gregg Troian, PGT Trucking President. 鈥淲e are confident that these relationships will help guide PGT鈥檚 Future of Flatbed鈩� initiatives, allowing us to achieve our goal of a 35% reduction in emissions of our company-owned equipment by the year 2025.鈥�
The will be used in short-haul deliveries of Yabo亚博集团官方网站 steel products directly to our customers. Getting that low emission steel directly from our mills to our customers in a sustainable, safe, and cost-effective way is our priority. To make this happen, we have installed charging stations at multiple sites to make the most of this first of its kind electric flatbed truck.
The Battery-Electric Semi-TruckA delivery made using the Battery-Electric Semi-Truck is estimated to reduce carbon emissions by 40% and create a 20% savings in energy cost. Every trip! The BEV truck is permanently assigned to a route supporting Yabo亚博集团官方网站鈥檚 sheet steel mill in Hickman, Arkansas with up to 40 deliveries of steel coils to a transloading facility in West Memphis, Arkansas per week. The regular 120-mile round trip from the Yabo亚博集团官方网站 plant to the transload facility made it an ideal route for a BEV flatbed truck based on the BEVs charge and range parameters.
Using BEV trucks on this route instead of a standard flatbed is estimated to save about 800 gallons of diesel fuel each week! On an annual basis, that translates to savings of more than 40,000 gallons of diesel fuel and a reduction of 407.2 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
鈥淣ikola is proud to partner with PGT Trucking to play a role in Yabo亚博集团官方网站鈥檚 inaugural shipment of low GHG intensity steel with our Class 8 Tre battery-electric truck,鈥� said Nikola Global Head, FCEV Market Development Jason Roycht. 鈥淭his level of teamwork between product manufacturer, transportation provider, and vehicle manufacturer is exactly what it will take to evolve the industry to zero-emission trucking.鈥�
The green economy is being built on steel, and the steel that it is built from matters. Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is leading our industry in decarbonization. Our circular, electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking process uses scrap steel as its primary feedstock to produce high quality new steel with electricity. Our circular process has a greenhouse gas intensity 1/3 the global average of extractive, blast furnace steelmakers for Scopes 1, 2 and 3.
And we aren鈥檛 stopping there. We are committed to a net-zero 2050 science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) target. [Learn more about our sustainability efforts.](/sustainability)
鈥淔or more than five decades, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 has been built on the sustainable model of producing steel with a low carbon footprint,鈥� according to Al Behr, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 EVP of Plate & Structural Products. 鈥淓ven though we are one of the cleanest steelmakers in the world, we know we need to continue to lower our greenhouse gas intensity. This partnership with PGT and Nikola is just one example of the innovative ways Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is working to reduce its carbon emissions.鈥�
Yabo亚博集团官方网站鈥檚 partnership with PGT Trucking and Nikola is just the latest of the many ways Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is investing in transformative technologies that increase access to clean reliable energy sources and decrease the carbon footprint of making and delivering sustainable steel to our customers.