Freight trucks are responsible for almost 20% of all transportation-related fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Our current freight system ensures that economic growth will be accompanied by an increase in truck miles. Consequently, increased efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles and of the nation’s freight network is vital to achieving a  sustainable goods movement system.

ACEEE advances freight movement efficiency by investigating technologies that reduce fuel consumption of trucks and opportunities to enhance the energy efficiency of the freight network as a whole. ACEEE supports the expansion of multimodal freight systems that permit goods to travel by the most efficient mode or combination of modes, minimizing fuel use, greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions, and highway congestion.