Fuel economy
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Fuel
Trucking companies seek to improve fuel economy as diesel hovers around $3.16 per gallon
As the price of diesel continues to hover around $3.16 per gallon nationwide, trucking companies are investing in solutions to…
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News
FreightWaves releases Vnomics miles per gallon index in SONAR
FreightWaves adds a new fuel economy index from Vnomics, a telematics company that provides fuel optimization solutions.
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Equipment
Solving for NOx: Can the industry meet a new EPA standard?
There is no timeline for implementation of any new NOx rulemaking, but there are a couple of key questions that…
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Equipment
EPA moves to reduce NOx on heavy-duty trucks
In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI), which will try to rein…
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Driver issues
As fleets spec for fuel efficiency, driver skill still matters
Mike Roeth, executive director of NACFE, spoke last week at the Meritor/P.S.I. Fleet Technology Event, telling the audience that one…
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Driver issues
25 years strong, P.S.I. is adding tire pressure monitoring to successful tire inflation system
Long known for its automatic tire inflation system (ATIS), P.S.I. adding a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) to its portfolio…
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Infographics
The Cost of Fuel
Fueling up a truck can be costly. We look at just how expensive it is and ways you can improve…
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Economics
Average mpg up 2% among 20 top fleets as fuel-efficient technology deployment grows
After remaining flat in 2015-16, the average fleet fuel economy for the nation’s top fleets improved in 2017, according to…
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Economics
Shell, AirFlow Truck Company introduce their long-awaited Starship
The Starship is a futuristic-looking, but completely road legal, Class 8 tractor-trailer unit built through a collaboration between Shell and…
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Fuel
NACFE touts 10 steps to take for higher truck mpg performance
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency provided more details into its Run on Less challenge from last fall that…
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