Cemex announced that it now has over 1,000 heavy-duty trucks powered with lower-carbon fuels as part of a comprehensive transition strategy seeking to decarbonize its global fleet. This initiative is part of the company’s flagship Future in Action program to become a net-zero CO₂ company by 2050.
Cemex has made significant investments over the last two years in heavy-duty trucks powered by renewable diesel and natural gas. These efforts have resulted in a reduction of approximately 5 % in CO₂ emissions from its owned fleet.
Earlier in 2023, Cemex announced that Volvo Trucks had supplied it with the world’s first fully electric and zero-emission heavy concrete mixer truck. Additionally, the company has completed several multi-country pilots using full electric ready-mix concrete trucks. Most recently, at COP 28 in Dubai, Cemex unveiled a prototype of a fully electric mixer truck and expects to gradually continue introducing and testing new technologies.
Renewable diesel and natural gas have a carbon footprint that is approximately 70 % and 25 % lower than regular diesel, respectively. These are critical transitional technologies that will enable a reduction in carbon emissions in the short term as heavy-duty electric vehicles become viable at an industrial scale.
While fully electric heavy-duty trucks are not yet widely available on an industrial scale, Cemex is actively collaborating with multiple original equipment manufacturers to advance net-zero transportation technologies. The company expects to gradually continue introducing and testing new prototypes for zero-emission ready-mix concrete trucks to its fleet.
