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News•by Jack Roberts•January 6, 2020

NACFE Fleets Saved Almost $900 Million in Fuel Costs

The North American Council for Fuel Efficiency’s 2019 Annual Fleet Fuel Study found that the 21 participating fleets have saved almost $900 million in combined fuel costs since 2017. But there's a “significant” performance gap between them and typical fleet performance.

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Articles•by Stephane Babcock•January 6, 2020

Q&A: XOS' Gio Sordoni Talks Going Electric

HDT recently sat down with XOS COO and Co-Founder Gio Sordoni at the company’s North Hollywood facility to discuss the future of electric trucks in both the medium- and heavy-duty industries.

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News•by Jack Roberts•January 2, 2020

Integrated Powertrain Project in the Works from TomTom, Daimler, Bosch

Location technology developer TomTom announced it is working with Daimler Trucks and Bosch on an advanced predictive cruise control system for commercial vehicles.

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News•December 18, 2019

Canadian Province Cracking Down on Truck Emissions

Ontario will increase its focus on truck emissions in 2020 as the Canadian province prepares to crack down on anyone that bypasses emissions controls – and that includes on-highway enforcement on trucks from other jurisdictions.

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News•by Jack Roberts•December 18, 2019

TuSimple Study Finds 10% Fuel Savings for Autonomous Trucks

Autonomous truck developer TuSimple said the results of a recent fuel economy study proved that trucks under autonomous control get up to 10% better fuel economy than similarly equipped trucks operating with human drivers.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2019

Neuron EV's Torq Enters Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Arena

Neuron EV has unveiled its Neuron EV Torq, an electric semi-truck that boasts improved sustainability, functionality, safety and convenience for commercial truck drivers.

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News•by Jack Roberts•December 10, 2019

NACFE Predicts a Zero-Emissions Freight Future

A "messy middle" period of new alternative-fuel technology trials has already begun, a new report says. In a couple of decades, fleets will be moving freight in a zero-emissions mode both profitably and productively, it predicts.

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News•by David Cullen•December 10, 2019

Volvo Fielding Heavy-Duty Electric Concept Trucks Overseas

Sweden’s Volvo Group has developed electric concept trucks for construction and regional-distribution applications in Europe.

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News•by Jack Roberts•December 10, 2019

DHL Testing New All-Electric Delivery Truck

DHL Express has begun testing new, improved versions of the electric StreetScooter Work and Work L delivery trucks in Europe. A North American evaluation program is planned as well.

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News•by David Cullen•December 6, 2019

EPA Attempt to Rollback Glider-Kit Limits Slammed as Shoddy

The investigative report does not question the content of the proposed rollback rule.

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