The online remarketing company is highlighting how opting for an online solution means that fewer vehicles are transported by road to the auction house with obvious reductions in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as well as traffic congestion.
As a result the firm has calculated that remarketing one truck online equates to a reduction of CO2 emissions of 92kg per vehicle as a result of travelling 87.67 less miles and using 7.02 gallons less fuel.
The figures were made by Autorola Australia’s sustainability consultants Impact Sustainability using three months’ worth of data from the business’ current client base. By remarketing 100 trucks online, the operator offsets 9.2 tonnes of CO2.
UK operations director Neil Frost said: ‘Whilst the calculations have been made by Autorola Australia, the figures should certainly give us all food for thought. The environmental benefits of remarketing just one vehicle online compared to the impact of selling it at a physical auction are quite amazing.
‘As online auctioneers, we have been stating the obvious environmental benefits since the company launched including fewer vehicles on the road, reduced congestion, as well as emissions and fuel consumption. However, these figures have been precisely calculated and it is sobering to see just how much energy, time, money and resources can be saved simply by remarketing online.’
