Trucking

Heavy duty with a lighter CO2 footprint

Moving the world’s goods with fewer emissions

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On the road to lower GHG emissions

Road transport is vital to modern life, transporting people and goods to meet the needs of society and global economic growth. This has prompted the sector to undertake a transition toward lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emission alternatives.

Every day more than 20,000 scientists and engineers at ExxonMobil are working to develop lower-carbon technologies and innovation to help lower GHG emissions from transportation, so we can help our customers navigate through the energy transition. Click here to learn more about ExxonMobil’s position on road transport’s path to reducing GHG emissions.

There’s growing pressure for emissions reductions from on- and off-road commercial vehicles as well as rail operations. ExxonMobil’s white paper, Moving forward: planning the journey to lower emission commercial diesel fleets, contains information and insights that we hope will be of use to a variety of transport ecosystem participants.

Delivering fewer emissions

ExxonMobil’s Synergy Diesel Efficient Fuel can deliver a 2 percent increase in fuel economy — an incremental improvement with a big impact. That may not seem like a lot, but take a look at how much that is when applied to a global fleet.

On the road

Each year 5 trillion ton-miles of freight move along the U.S. transportation system.

Fueling deliveries

Trucking accounts for 22 percent of transportation energy use.

Demand growth

Total trucking volume increases from 10M tons in 2012 to 14.8M in 2045.

Energy on the move

Petroleum supplies 91 percent of energy use for transportation.

Innovate, invest and reinvest

There are many ways to reduce emissions from transportation, which means there are many opportunities as well. In Canada, for example, our affiliate Imperial Oil is advancing plans to produce renewable diesel at its Strathcona refinery in Edmonton. They’ll use plant-based feedstock and hydrogen with carbon capture and storage (CCS) to help offset emissions during operation.

Here's a look at that new venture

What it could mean for decarbonizing transportation in the future.

  • 20K barrels per day of renewable diesel

    with an anticipated start date of 2024
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  • 3M metric tons of emissions annually

    the reduction of emissions possible in Canada with this renewable diesel
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  • 650K passenger vehicles off the road for one year

    that’s the equivalent of cutting 3M metric tons per year.
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  • 500K metric tons of CO2 annually

    that’s the amount of CO2 captured by CCS during the renewable diesel production process.
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    A deeper dive

    From farm leftovers to biofuel

    From farm leftovers to biofuel

    Imagine turning agricultural leftovers into low-emission biofuel. That is, taking plant parts like inedible cornstalks and fueling our cars, trucks, boats and planes. ExxonMobil and its partners at Clariant and Genomatica are working together as part of an ambitious research program to do just that.
    Advanced biofuels
    Perspective • Feb. 13, 2020