Early Insights from NACFE’s ‘Run on Less – Messy Middle’ on Trucking Decarbonization
Is the “messy middle” of trucking decarbonization any less messy following the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s Run On Less – Messy Middle? Well, yes and no, but there will be a lot more data to evaluate before NACFE publishes its full findings next summer.
This was the fifth “Run on Less” project for NACFE, and Executive Director Mike Roeth called it the most comprehensive one yet.
It looked at multiple alternatives for decarbonization across multiple segments of regional and long-haul trucking: Diesel (including bio- and renewable fuel), natural gas, battery-electric, and hydrogen-fuel-cell electric.
Previous editions of the Run focused on fuel efficiency and battery-electric trucks.
“The team has called this four runs in one occasionally,” Roeth said, as NACFE tracked 13 fleets and 14 trucks with four different powertrain options over 18 days.
