DPD ANNOUNCES LONDON FREIGHTLAB PARTNERSHIP WITH ENSO

DPD and ENSO team up to trial revolutionary EV tires to reduce air and microplastic pollution in London Trial part of TFL’s London FreightLab Innovation Challenge. The parcel industry sustainability leader DPD is joining forces with the electric vehicle (EV) tire innovator ENSO to conduct full road trials of an innovative new tire for commercial EVs, that are designed to reduce air and microplastic pollution. The DPD/ENSO trial is a part of Transport for London’s FreightLab Innovation Challenge, which is encouraging innovations that will tackle London’s air pollution and road congestion due to increased freight movement in the Greater London area. The London FreightLab Innovation Challenge is backed by the Mayor of London. Tires are largely made of fossil fuels, and as they wear down emit more air pollution than tailpipes with tire particulate matter (PM) pollution also making up 28% of all primary ocean microplastics. Tire pollution is an even bigger problem for EVs as their increased weight and torque wears tires faster, and so EVs often emit more tire PM pollution than standard vehicles. ENSO, headquartered in London, is one of the winners of TfL’s London FreightLab Innovation Challenge, and has developed a revolutionary new tire that increases EV-range on a single charge, while reducing both air and micro plastic tire PM pollution.