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According to the DOE [1]:

Light duty: < 10,000 lbs.

Medium duty: 10,000-26,000 lbs.

Heavy duty: > 26,000 lbs.

Light duty covers most of the 10-20' UPS/Fedex/whatever trucks for last mile urban delivery which is far less efficient than delivery to a warehouse. Without more data on fuel consumption by gross weight, it's impossible to separate industrial delivery from personal travel/commuting.

[1] https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10380



According to search results those delivery trucks are >10,000lbs GVW.

Do you have any better sources backing your UPS/Fedex/Whatever light-duty claim than the random results I find in ddg searches?


You're probably right because the max GVW on a single axle is 20,000 lbs but my source is the USDOT sticker on the license plates of several Fedex and UPS trucks that deliver to my suburban address and my parents' exurban address.




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