Sustainable logistics are getting established by ÖBB RCG and Lamborghini: Reducing emissions and shipping within 48 hours

photo: Rail Cargo Group press materials/Sustainable logistics are getting established by ÖBB RCG and Lamborghini: Reducing emissions and shipping within 48 hours

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group transportations of the Lamborghini URUS car bodies from Germany to Italy take up to 48 hours to deliver the cargo. Deliveries by eco-friendly rails reduce 1.903 tons of CO2 and thus decrease Lamborghini's carbon footprint by 85%.

Based on predictions, rail will entirely replace road transportation in the future.  The weekly transport will reduce CO2 emissions by 85 %, going from 2,234 tons to 331 (saving some 1,903 tons of carbon dioxide annually)while promising a total transport duration of 48 hours - the shortest possible transportation time. From the perspective of sustainability, the truck transport will take place on gas trucks (LNG), and will be that, from Modena to the Sant’Agata Bolognese site, accounting for around 21 km out of the total 1,000 km journey.

The carrier and Lamborghini have created a brand new rail concept of transportation. The company transports Lamborghini URUS car bodies from the VW factory in Zwickau, Germany, to the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Modena, Italy. With a transit time of only 48 hours, this method is the fastest and most efficient green service from Zwickau to Modena.

The ultimate ÖBB Rail Cargo Group’s target is to move more freight to railroads. Each ton that gets transported by RCG by rail reduces the volume of carbon footprint and thus takes both companies according to the Austrian and European climate limits. ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has already reduced emissions in Austria alone by 1.1 million tonnes of CO2. By utilizing their sustainable transport services, ÖBB RCG helps balance the toxic repetitive process of transit traffic on the Brenner Pass. These services also free Austria, especially the Province of Tyrol and its population, from air and noise pollution.

This new cooperation gets seen as a reach of another milestone, especially since 2021 was the year of the Rail.