Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Partner Prof He:
Penske Truck Leasing
and Rental
A Business Driven the SmartWay
Company Profile
Penske Truck Leasing Co
headquartered in Reading, Pa.,
Corporation, Penske Automotive
Group and General Electric
Capital Corporation. A leading
global transportation services
provider, Penske Truck Leasing
operates more than 200,000
vehicles and serves customers
from more than 1,000 locations
all over the world. Product
lines include full-service truck
commercial and consumer
truck rentals, used truck sales,
transportation and warehousing
management and supply chain
Andrew Cu
Vice President
tion Services
Penske Truck Leasing
a ndrew.cullen @ penske.com
SmartWay Partners have helped
the freight sector reduce 23.6
million metric tons of carbon
dioxide (equivalent of removing
3 million cars off the road);
478,000 tons of nitrogen oxide,
and 22,000 tons particulate
matter, while saving 2.3 billion
gallons of fuel (a savings of 6.5
billion in fuel costs).
Company Message:
The goals of the SmartWay Transport Partnership to reduce transportation-
related emissions by improving supply chain fuel efficiency are part of
Penske's DMA. Penske Truck Leasing and Rental is committed to assisting our
customers in setting and achieving their SmartWay goals, ultimately helping
them improve fleet efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and emissions, and in
turn, reduce costs.
Why Penske Truck Leasing Co joined
SmartWay
Penske Truck Leasing and Rental believes in the power of partnership. The
company provides fleet management expertise to their customers. That belief
in partnerships and their commitment to the environment impacted their
decision to join SmartWay as an Affiliate partner.
SmartWay Focus
As an Affiliate Partner in SmartWay, Penske Truck Leasing and Rental
promote and provide SmartWay designated tractors and trailers for
customers, providing only late-model trucks and tractors in their Rental
Fleet and to the greatest extent possible, specify vehicles in the Rental Fleet
with advanced aerodynamics, idle reduction and engine speed governing
technology. Penske provides support and assistance to customers in meeting
their SmartWay obligations such as ensuring appropriate specifications,
maintaining vehicles to ensure optimum performance, and implementing
fuel saving strategies and technologies. Penske also performs education
on SmartWay through their Industry Insights webinar series and various
speaking engagements, assists in the preparation of SmartWay tracking
and assessment tools on behalf of their customers, and uses a proprietary
application to marry engine performance metrics with vehicle specification
data to identify opportunities for improvement. "Penske Truck Leasing was
instrumental in helping us enter the SmartWay Partnership," stated Benjamin
J. Faino, Esq, General Counsel of Atlantic Central Logistics. "From completing
and evaluating our fleet model to assisting us in identify fleet performance
improvement opportunities, Penske understood our business requirements
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Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Partner Prof He:
Penske Truck Leasing
and Rental
A Business Driven the SmartWay
and helped us craft our internal SmartWay strategy. With Penske supporting
our SmartWay strategy, we can more effectively support our customers
SmartWay strategy."
Benefits and Results
Sustainability initiatives and practices are part of Penske's DMA. As part of
Penske's commitment to their customers and SmartWay, Penske has over
60,000 vehicles in their rental and leased fleet utilizing the latest emission
control technology. According to Penske, this technology has improved fuel
economy by over 5%, in turn reducing C02 emissions by over half a million
tons per year, equivalent to the emissions used to power 50,000 homes in
the U.S. Additionally, NOx has been reduced by over 20,000 tons per year, and
particulate matter emission has been reduced by over 80 tons per year.
Looking Ahead
Penske Truck Leasing and Rental continues to support their customer's
efforts in achieving their SmartWay goals as part of their normal course of
business. Additionally, Penske plans to improve customer awareness and
involvement in the SmartWay Transport Partnership through continued
speaking engagements, customer education events, marketing material,
completing Fleet models, and helping customers with their fuel efficiency and
emission reduction strategies. Penske will continue to perform modeling to
show the impact of vehicle specification and performance on emissions, help
customers benchmark against their competition, and articulate the benefits
of being a SmartWay partner.
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