There's a lot more to adopting electric trucks than batteries and range, as HDT's Deborah Lockridge explores in this conversation with Hendrickson's Jeff Sass on HDT's Leadership Insights video podcast.
Alcoa introduced two new aluminum wheels and says it now has the world’s lightest heavy-duty truck wheel.
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.
Trucking fleets can save 2,000 pounds by investing to a limited degree in lightweighting and as much as 4,000 pounds with an aggressive investment, according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
Hyundai Translead said it has developed a new, composite material panel technology for trailers that offers significant weight savings and enhanced durability.
International Truck’s new lightweight HV50B mixer package removes over 1,000 pounds of weight from the truck, with engineering optimizations that allow drivers to haul up to 9.75 cubic yards of concrete while staying under 66,000 pounds GVW.
The new Ultra One 22.5 x 8.25-inch wheel weighs in at 39 pounds -- a full pound lighter than the model it will replace, according to Alcoa Wheels..
Accuride said its newest lightweight aluminum truck wheel weighs in at only 38 pounds.
Wabash National said it plans to reintroduce the Transcraft Eagle combination trailer with a host of premium features that will now be included as standard equipment.
Maxion unveiled several new commercial vehicle wheels and related innovations designed to tackle some of the challenges faced by North American fleets.
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