Strehl, which makes aerodynamic components for trailers, has purchased truck-trailer aerodynamic systems provider Rocketail and will form a new company called FleetAero.
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.
DIY fuel economy testing may not provide reliable data, or gains for certain products may be too small to see.
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.
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.
Better fuel economy and lower emissions, already proven in extensive tests by Jacobs, have now been independently measured.
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.
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.
By using the True Fuel technology from Vnomics, Valley Farms driver Larry Gardner is saving the company 1,400 gallons of fuel annually.
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.