First US Foods’ Battery-Electric Trucks Hitting the Road
Company plans to add 30 electric trucks to its La Mirada, California fleet in 2023
US Foods Holding Corp., one of America’s largest foodservice distributors, announced that it received the company’s first battery-electric powered Freightliner eCascadia trucks at its La Mirada, California distribution center. The company previously announced plans to add 30 electric trucks to its La Mirada fleet in 2023.
The addition of the electric trucks reinforces the company’s commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of its growing fleet and will support the company’s near-term science-based emissions reduction target recently approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company has committed to reducing absolute Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 32.5% by 2032 from a 2019 base year and commits that 67% of its suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services will have science-based targets by 2027. Additionally, these zero-emission battery-electric trucks will help to reduce harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions throughout Southern California.
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