Given the nature and scope of its members’ activities, PostEurop welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Clean Corporate Fleets initiative.
PostEurop represents the European postal operators, all of whom are taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within their respective operations. Specifically, European postal operators are undertaking decarbonization efforts within their operations and support the EU’s climate ambition in two key action fields:
currently we have one of the largest low-emission fleets which includes over 109,000 electric vehicles and 14,000 vehicles powered by alternative fuels. 77% of our electricity use comes from renewable sources and we have put in place various circular economy and waste reduction initiatives.
Nonetheless, whilst the decarbonization of postal operators’ fleets remains a priority, existing limitations to grid infrastructure currently prevent widescale deployment. Moreover, higher Total Cost of Ownerships (TCO) for zero-emission Vehicles provide challenges for operators to remain competitive within an extremely price sensitive sector. As such, PostEurop calls upon the European Commission to take urgent action to overcome hurdles associated with grid limitations such as increasing grid capacity and reduce permitting times to support grid connection upgrades, in addition to support demand-side measures which lower the TCO of zero-emission vehicles. These actions would unlock to possible for the widescale deployment of zero-emission HDVs, whilst similarly supporting the commercialization of such solutions, ensuring the competitiveness of the sector.
Read here the full position paper