North American Council for Freight Efficiency

Natural gas may be having a moment as an alternative fuel for trucking, but there are a few nagging questions.

Electric trucks and charging infrastructure should advance this year without some of the growing pains that held them back in 2023.

Trucking technology company ConMet has acquired Truck Labs, whose aerodynamic TruckWings save 3%-6% on a fleet’s fuel bill.

The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo has grown so large that organizers kept a waiting list for exhibitors.

Electric infrastructure and fuel cells are two areas where old ideas form the basis of new approaches.

Hydrogen fuel cells the only real option for long-haul trucking, North American Council for Freight Efficiency predicts.

TruckWings, the aerodynamic invention of Daniel Burrows, has more value than just the half-billion miles of on-road experience.

How did fuel costs decline over almost 10 years at a rate far greater than the decline of retail diesel prices?

The management shakeup at TuSimple has become a full management house cleaning. Hyliion sees early benefits following Cummins’ partnership.

The American Power Group sees a 20-year market for its dual fuel system that runs uses natural gas and diesel fuel.

Electric trucks — battery and fuel cells — unsurprisingly overwhelmed the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo.

Electric chassis startups from A to Z are tapping a legacy bodybuilder for help while one company creates its own complete electric van.

How did Navistar manage to build its assembly plant in San Antonio for a relatively paltry $250 million? Partly by ignoring a famous baseball movie line.

Automated trucks and buses are expected to number 1.2 million annually by 2032 compared with about 1,000 in testing today.

Fuel savings realized from the SuperTruck II program could translate to less battery mass and greater driving range for electric trucks.

From storing renewable energy stocks to tapping high-voltage transmission lines, the juice to power electric trucks has to come from somewhere.

A bigger-displacement natural gas-powered engine from Cummins could prompt fleets to switch from diesel in pursuit of lower emissions.

Shell chose the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to talk up diesel-powered freight efficiency. An odd choice of venue — or was it?

Three years after winning an exemption to use cameras instead of ungainly outside mirrors on semi-trucks, Stoneridge Inc. is winning over fleets.

The Department of Energy’s SuperTruck 3 earmarks $100 million to expand electric heavy-duty truck concepts to lower emissions.

Here’s a look at whether deploying electric trucks makes sense for your company.

Hydrogen-powered fuel cells always seem to be five or 10 years from a meaningful presence on the transportation stage. That may finally be changing.

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency will focus on electric vehicles for its third Run on Less demonstration, an exploration of what works and what needs work in the battery-electric commercial vehicle space.

The varied duty cycles of regional haul trucks doesn’t prioritize fuel savings – the second-largest operating expense – according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.

NACFE is kicking off a three-year project as it digs deeper into electric truck opportunities in regional haul.

Electric trucks in big numbers are still years away, but interest among truck makers and fleets is widespread and growing.

The study looked at 85 different technologies that can help drive fuel efficiency.

The electrification of commercial trucks is edging closer but the industry first must go through a “messy middle” that sorts out the future of diesel and other alternative fuels.

The power and fuel efficiency of truck engines continue to rise as their size and weight shrink.

With diesel fuel powering 97% of all heavy-duty trucks, it seems silly to predict its industry dominance will end. But don’t tell that to California where the good can be the enemy of the great.

Solar power may not be the cure-all for reducing fuel costs, but it can provide assistance and achieve payback in relatively short time if used in the right applications.

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency provided more details into its Run on Less challenge from last fall that showed a real-world truck could achieve 10 mpg.