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Charter Partner Feature
SmartWay Charter Partner FedEx Express
Saves Fuelr Improves Sustainability
Company Profile
Based in Memphis,TN,
FedEx Express has provided
time-definite express
delivery services for over
40 years. FedEx Express is
a global leader in express
distribution, providing
rapid, reliable, time-definite
delivery to more than 220
countries and territories,
connecting markets that
comprise more than 90
percent of the world's gross
domestic product within
one to three business
days. Extraordinary
air route authorities
and transportation
infrastructure, combined
with leading-edge
information technologies,
make FedEx Express the
world's largest express
transportation company,
providing fast and reliable
services for shipments each
business day.
For more information, visit
news.fedex.com .
Express
"FedEx Express is proud to have assisted EPA in the development of
SmartWay. SmartWay has raised the awareness of fleet operators
about their options to increase fuel efficiency and to provide support
in implementing improvements in surface transportation. As a Charter
Partner, FedEx participation in SmartWay has provided a public forum
to highlight our success in significantly improving fleet efficiency, while continuing to provide the
outstanding service for which FedEx is known."
Mitch Jackson, FedEx Corporation
Staff VP Environmental Affairs and Sustainability
Significant Environmental Accomplishments
FedEx Express first set a goal to improve the fuel efficiency of its FedEx Express vehicles back in
2008. Using 2005 baseline data, FedEx Express reports a 27% improvement in fuel economy
across its U.S. fleet through fiscal year 201 3 (FY1 3). FedEx also set a goal to reduce carbon
dioxide emissions intensity in global aviation. Through FY13, FedEx reports it has
achieved a reduction of 18% from its 2005 baseline.
How FedEx Express Does It
FedEx Express follows a three-tiered strategy to improve the fuel efficiency of its ground fleets:
Reduce, Replace and Revolutionize. This holistic approach to fleet management allows it to
develop technologies for the future, maximize the efficiency of the fleets it operates today, and
has saved 95 million gallons of fuel as of FY13, according to FedEx . The company's progress
towards its fuel efficiency goal for the vehicle fleet is the result of several initiatives:
• By the end of FY1 3, FedEx Express reports it increased the size of its advanced alter
native-energy vehicle fleet to include over 550 hybrid-electric vehicles and electric
vehicles. These vehicles have traveled more than 15 million miles in revenue service.
The FedExExpress fleet also includes 100 CNG and LPG vehicles.
• FedEx Express has accelerated its efforts in fuel conservation through the purchase
of vehicles with right-sized engines like the Sprinter vans manufactured by
Mercedes-Benz. FedEx currently has more than 10,000 such vehicles in service,
comprising more than 35 percent of its U.S. pick-up and delivery fleet.
Each Sprinter-type van is about 70 to 1 00 percent more fuel-efficient than the
original truck it replaces.
• Since 201 1, FedEx Express has incorporated almost 2,300 composite-body
Reach vehicles into its global fleet. The lower weight design, along with the
engine, allows for a 35 percent reduction in fuel usage over most conven-
tional walk-in vans.
• Matching the correct vehicle or aircraft to the right route; maximizing
efficiency.
• Instituting operational procedures to reduce fuel use and incorporat-
ing education on these procedures into its training programs.
FedEx is committed to the SmartWay goals of improving fuel
efficiency and reducing the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions.
The results, over the course of our participation in the SmartWay
Program, are tangible savings related to fuel expenses and improved
Sustainability for both FedEx and our customers.
U.S. EPA SmartWay | EPA-420-F-I4-004 | www.epa.gov/smartway
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