Alcoa Wheel Products showcased its fuel-savings solutions during the recent Efficient Diesel Workshop, sponsored by the Columbia Williamette Clean Cities Coalition in Portland, Ore.

The workshop educated attendees on how to save fuel and money with efficient technologies, incentives and financial programs for their commercial vehicles.
Alcoa Wheel Products highlighted its 14-inch-wide aluminum wheel, which at only 71 pounds, provides significant weight savings while still delivering a maximum load rating of 12,800-pounds. A set of 14-inch wheels used in conjunction with single-wide tires, can save more than 300 pounds per axle as compared to dualed steel wheels and tires, thus providing more than 1,200 pounds in weight savings. Through the use of these wheel and tire combinations fleets have experienced fuel savings in the range of 3 to 7 percent.
"At this time, fuel savings is a goal many are trying to achieve," said Curtis Samford, Alcoa Wheel Products' global vice president of marketing. "Through products and technologies such as this and others that we offer, Alcoa continues to reinforce our commitment to the environment by providing our customers and the markets we serve with unique and innovative options to reduce weight, emissions, and fuel costs."