DAF respects your privacy. We use cookies for a variety of purposes, such as website functionality, improving your experience of our website, building integration with social media and helping target marketing activities within and beyond our website. By continuing your visit on our website, you are consenting to our use of cookies. However, if you want to customize your cookie preferences, click on 'Change settings' below. You can withdraw your consent at any time. For more information, please visit our Cookie Notice.
DAF Sustainability

Sustainability

On the road to even cleaner road transport


 

On the road to even cleaner road transport 

 

In the past years, significant progress has been made with regard to the impact of our trucks on the environment. Our current trucks are over 20% more efficient than the trucks we were making 20 years ago and emit 20% less CO2. This significant CO2 reduction has been achieved in parallel with huge NOx and PM reductions of over 95% since the introduction of emission standards.

These major achievements are the result of continuous investments in new and ground-breaking technologies, but that doesn’t mean we can sit back and relax. Society quite rightly expects us to contribute to addressing the important issues of global CO2 reduction and improving local air quality, or in other words: the search for sustainable transport solutions.

We focus on the further development of the diesel engine as well as on exploring and introducing various alternative technologies. Because it is important to realise that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all transport applications.

 
DAF Sustainability brochure 
 
 
Transport-Efficiency-lower-fuel-consumption-rgb-outline-blue

Alternative fuels and drivelines

DAF and its parent company PACCAR are exploring many routes that will lead from clean to sustainable: electric, hybrid and - in the long term - hydrogen. At the same time, the already very clean combustion engine is destined to become even cleaner in the future and more sustainable too, thanks to the arrival of new generations of fuels.
DAF xf cf driver comfort blue

Driving and performance

It is impressive to see what you as a transport operator already can do today on the road to an even cleaner future. Did you know that for instance that the optimal setting of the vehicle’s deflectors can add to no less than 10% better fuel efficiency and thus 10% lower CO₂ emissions?
 

Intelligent Logistics

New and advanced logistics and technological solutions add to overall transport efficiency. That is why DAF is working in many different areas on creating intelligent concepts for tomorrow’s world. Read more about truck platooning, Eco combis, big data and a new vision for urban distribution.

Legislation

DAF has always been at the forefront of meeting new emission standards in order to achieve even lower NOx and Particulate Matter emission levels. And now focus is shifting to CO₂ emissions more and more, DAF is again leading the way, for instance trough fully embracing the Vecto CO₂ declaration tool.
 
 

Transport-efficiency-lower-environmental-impact-rgb-outline-blue Attention to the environment as a matter of course

DAF takes the environment seriously in everything it does. Reducing the environmental impact of our activities is an essential part of a continuous process of improvement. Our commitment to the environment focuses not only on our products but of course also on our production activities. For instance, on our Eindhoven premises water from a nearby canal is used for cooling our production installations instead of high quality drinking water. And in our new state-of-the-art engine testing lab, advanced electrical engine brakes are used. These generate enough electricity to provide up to 20% of the demand of our factories in Eindhoven.

Read more