Car Transporters More Aware of Carbon-Wheelprint

The environmental revolution in America is starting to pay more attention to the carbon wheel-print of the car transport industry of the United States. Fleet managers for car hauling firms in America are apparently aware of this fact and have started to pay more attention to the carbon emissions of their vehicle transportation fleets, according to the latest annual fleet managers survey conducted by PHH Arval. This survey apparently shows that car movers in the United States have started measuring the emissions of their operations, compared to about 40 percent in 2009 and about 28 percent in 2008. The designers of this survey wanted to gauge fleet managers views and opinions on environmental issues with this survey and it appears they have succeeded?

What did this latest study indicate fleet managers are doing to help them more accurately measure the companies carbon wheel-print? According to this study 65 percent of the fleet managers that are measuring the carbon emissions of their fleet operations are using fuel data to help them, which is an increase of about 10 percent from last year. They're aren't concentrating on using mpg because this method doesn't account for changes in fleet size or the number of miles the fleet will travel during a specific period of time. They're are looking at driver behaviour behind the wheel as a good way to help reduce carbon emissions of their fleet operations though and the study indicated that about 74 percent of transport firms will be reaching out to drivers this year to see if they can help in this battle to reduce carbon emissions. The most common method that companies have been using is to teach drivers how their driving decisions can significantly impact carbon emissions, with about 56 percent of companies focusing on this task, which is an improvement of about 8 percent from 2009.

There was some concern expressed by those surveyed about the increasing cost of decreasing the carbon wheel-print of their car transport fleets, however, with about 42 percent of those surveyed indicating that they see this as a possible road block in the future. The study did show that overall transport companies are a little reluctant to adopt new or emerging alternative fuels in their operations and would probably prefer to keep using conventional gasoline hybrids, at least for the present time.