T-1B1a-TE-9 - Improved load factor for light trucks

Background

IPCC WG3 definition: .

Emissions from freight transport are directly impacted by how well the trucks are filled - the load factor. The UK average load factor is around 68 percent.

Emissions from freight transport (per unit of weight) are directly related to the load factor - which means how well the trucks are filled.

The UK average load factor is around 68 percent, referring to the volume of goods moved as a proportion of the total volume of goods that could have been carried.Around 30 percent of the time trucks run completely empty.

Higher load factors will not only reduce emissions but be economically benefical.

Source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777781/fom_understanding_freight_transport_system.pdf

Transition Element

• Type of shift: Efficiency Shift
• Activity: TBD
• Operation: TBD
• ATOC: TBD

Activities

Improves:

• T-1B1a-A-2 - Diesel LGV
• T-1B1a-A-5 - Hydrogen LGV
• T-1B1a-A-3 - Pure electric LGV
• T-1B1a-A-1 - Petrol LGV
• T-1B1a-TE-1 - Shift to gas light trucks

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
load_factor_light_trucks	percent	Load factor LGVs
load_factor_increase_light_trucks	percent	Load factor increase for LGVs

YAML Specification

title: T-1B1a-TE-9 - Improved load factor for light trucks
id: improved_load_factor_light_trucks
sector: transport
class: transition
version: 2.0.0
name: improved_load_factor_light_trucks
type: upshift
weightInversionExpression:
  expression: ((( 1 / unknown_x ) / %[0] ) - 1 ) / %[1]
  variables:
  - load_factor_light_trucks
  - load_factor_increase_light_trucks
unitOfMeasure: ideal_vehicle_km
cohort:
  expression: '1'
variablesToUpdate:
- update: load_factor_light_trucks
  type: INCREASE
  by:
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - load_factor_increase_light_trucks
carbonCausalChains:
  atoc:
    expression: 1 / %[0]
    variables:
    - load_factor_light_trucks
  chains:
  - chain: diesel_light_trucks
  - chain: hydrogen_light_trucks
  - chain: battery_electric_light_trucks
  - chain: petrol_light_trucks
  - chain: gas_light_trucks
cobenefits:
- air_quality
- reduced_noise
- reduced_accidents
- less_congestion