PostNord
Danmark Takes a Major Step Toward Greener Deliveries with VSPOILERS
PostNord is
the official postal and logistics provider for Denmark and Sweden. Every day,
their trucks, vans, and electric vehicles deliver parcels to millions of people
and businesses. Because of this large responsibility and national visibility,
PostNord’s decisions play a significant role in shaping the future of
sustainable transport in the Nordic region.
Now, PostNord
Danmark has decided to install the aerodynamic solution VSPOILERS across its
entire fleet of Danish trucks. This includes both diesel trucks and the new
generation of fully electric distribution vehicles from manufacturers such as
Volvo and Mercedes-Benz. The initiative follows a long and detailed road test
carried out using Volvo Trucks, and the findings were strong enough to convince
PostNord that this technology is worth rolling out nationwide.
The testing
used Volvo Connect, a system installed on modern Volvo trucks that tracks more
than 200 different performance parameters while the vehicles operate in daily
service. Everything from fuel or electricity consumption to driving behavior,
vehicle weight, the use of the advanced I-Shift gearbox, idling time and the
influence of road topography was monitored. Because the trucks were driven by
many different drivers on many different routes and under changing weather and
loading conditions, the test results show something very important: the savings
come from the truck itself — not from who is behind the wheel.
After months
of analysis and deep data validation, the conclusion was clear. VSPOILERS
reduce energy consumption and emissions across real, everyday postal
operations. In a business where thousands of parcels are delivered every hour,
even small aerodynamic improvements make a big difference when repeated across
an entire fleet.
The timing is
ideal. Denmark is seeing a rapid expansion of electric trucks, and few
countries are better suited for this transition. The charging network is strong
and growing, and the longest north-south distance through the country is only
650 kilometers, or roughly 400 miles. Even so, an electric truck still needs to
fight the wind. Better aerodynamics means more range, fewer charging stops and
less energy consumed per delivery. It means the postal service can keep doing
its job efficiently while reducing its footprint.
But this story
is not only about numbers and data. When a PostNord vehicle drives through
towns and cities every day, it becomes a symbol of the country’s priorities.
With VSPOILERS visible on the side and on the back of the trucks and trailers,
citizens can see that their national postal service is not waiting for someone
else to solve the climate challenges ahead. They are acting now, and showing
the world that responsibility for the environment can be part of everyday
logistics.
VSPOILERS is a
Danish innovation optimizing product — produced, tested and to start with 2016
only manufactured in Denmark. For the North American market, production now also
takes place in Arizona MESA – VSPOILERS Inc., ensuring the technology can be
adopted globally with local supply and support. The product is simple in
concept but powerful in effect: wind does not care what you drive. A truck, a
van, an RV, a bus or a passenger car — all face the same invisible force
pushing against them and pulling them backwards. VSPOILERS help the vehicle
slice more cleanly through the air by shaping the airflow into controlled
vortices. It is physics working in our favor instead of against us.
With this
decision, PostNord Danmark becomes an even better representative for
the environment. Not because someone required them to act, but because they
chose to. They chose a solution that works today on real roads with real
drivers delivering real parcels. And they chose to make sustainability
something that everyone in Denmark can see happening every time a blue or white
postal truck passes by. A greener delivery future is arriving. And it is
already on the road.
That is why
the company behind the technology refers to it as “Wind-Driven Savings.”