The New Generation of Trailer Aero
Trailer side skirts are a common sight, but fleets may be missing out on fuel-saving opportunities if they’re not up to speed on the latest trends in trailer aerodynamic devices.
June 2, 2022
Trailer side skirts are a common sight, but fleets may be missing out on fuel-saving opportunities if they’re not up to speed on the latest trends in trailer aerodynamic devices.
June 2, 2022
A steer wheel cover and a drive wheel cover plus wheel add aerodynamic and fuel-saving advantages to Alcoa wheels.
March 10, 2022
Cummins is buying Jacobs Vehicle Systems — which today does far more than exhaust brakes — to help it advance on the road to zero emissions.
February 9, 2022
An appeals court has ruled in favor of trailer makers, removing trailers from the 2016 greenhouse gas regulations published by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
November 15, 2021
How can fleets make informed decisions when buying fuel-saving devices and technologies if they are relying on unreliable data? Find out how one fleet has saved an estimated $28 million on fuel.
November 9, 2021
A growing trend in second-stage manufacturing is light-weighting, which involves specifying lighter-weight materials to achieve an overall weight reduction to an upfitted vehicle. Specifying lighter-weight upfit materials decreases the vehicle’s curb weight, which, in turn, lowers operating costs by reducing fuel consumption and decreases emissions.
April 6, 2021
Strehl, which makes aerodynamic components for trailers, has purchased truck-trailer aerodynamic systems provider Rocketail and will form a new company called FleetAero.
November 24, 2020
XStream Trucking's new TruckLabs company name reflects its expanding role in bringing new engineering solutions based on research and data to the North American trucking industry.
November 23, 2020
DIY fuel economy testing may not provide reliable data, or gains for certain products may be too small to see.
June 10, 2020
Tire makers say advancements in tire design and construction will produce safer and longer-lasting tires for the second round of greenhouse gas reduction rules.
June 9, 2020
TuSimple has expanded autonomous truck service for current customer UPS to 20 trips per week and has added an additional route between Phoenix, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.
March 5, 2020
Better fuel economy and lower emissions, already proven in extensive tests by Jacobs, have now been independently measured.
February 26, 2020
According to a company named Optimus Technologies, it has a new fuel system that allows Class 8 trucks to run on 100% biodiesel-- and a new consortium of partners that intends to validate that claim.
February 20, 2020
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.
January 6, 2020
By using the True Fuel technology from Vnomics, Valley Farms driver Larry Gardner is saving the company 1,400 gallons of fuel annually.
December 20, 2019
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