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Webasto highlights SmarTemp 3.0, SmarTemp 3.0 bluetooth controllers

Webasto North America, commercial vehicle and aftermarket equipment manufacturer, has announced the introduction of its new SmarTemp 3.0 and SmarTemp 3.0 Bluetooth controllers. The advanced new devices provide ease of use and control of both Webasto fuel-operated air heaters and fuel-operated coolant heaters, all from a single unit. Fully programmable within a seven-day period, the SmarTemp

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Kenworth T680 Next Generation earns EPA SmartWay designation

Kenworth Truck Co. announced that its T680 Next Generation model has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Designation. The EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership is a collaboration between the EPA and freight industry designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. To receive EPA SmartWay designation, tractors must offer a full aerodynamic package, including

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Bergstrom, Viatec partner to provide package of no-idle options for utility trucks

Viatec, the creator of SmartPTO, an electric power takeoff unit, and Bergstrom, the creator of the new eCoolPark system, a compact, high-efficiency, electric, no-idle A/C system, are partnering to develop no-idle solutions for utility trucks.

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TCO: Knowing your numbers is smart business

You hear a lot these days about the total cost of ownership (TCO). We wanted to know how fleets are doing the math to make sure they are keeping costs in check and getting the best value out of their equipment. Determining TCO According to Darry Stuart, president and chief executive officer of DWS Fleet

Freightliner Bose Ride, SmarTire TPMS options roll into Cascadia production

The Bose Ride system II truck seat suspension and the SmarTire Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) from Bendix CVS are now in production for the Freightliner Cascadia and Cascadia Evolution truck models. Introduced in early 2015, the Bose Ride system II truck seat suspension features new technologies designed to reduce fatigue and pain. The system uses

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Truck idle FAQ

Looking at deploying an APU solution across your fleet? Here are the top questions to ask your supplier according to our panel of experts. Is it consistent with our corporate goals, e.g., driver retention, environmentally friendly, on-time delivery? What will my drivers like and dislike about this system? How easy is it to use? Why

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Don’t sit idly by: Putting idle reduction solutions to work saving money, retaining drivers

Trucks are made to be in motion. When efficiency is judged by MPG, the truck’s worst fuel efficiency is when the truck sits still. Idling burns fuel and can lead to increased maintenance issues. That’s why a number of idle reduction solutions are gaining ground with fleet managers aiming to lower diesel usage costs and

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Smartair configurations available on Peterbilt Model 579

Peterbilt Motors Co. announced that compact space-saver battery boxes are now available for Peterbilt’s no-idle SmartAir system on the Model 579, which allow for greater spec’ing flexibility with new chassis configurations. “The SmartAir system provides customers with unparalleled climate control performance through our exclusive no-idle technology that is fully integrated and factory installed on select Peterbilt

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Choosing SmartWay vehicle components to save fuel

In 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched SmartWay, a public/private collaboration with the freight transportation industry that helps carriers and other companies improve fuel efficiency and lower costs. EPA’s SmartWay Technology program develops test protocols, reviews strategies and verifies the performance of vehicles, technologies and equipment that have the potential to reduce greenhouse

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Building a fleet technology program one piece at a time might be a smart approach

There’s no doubt that on-board tracking, mobile communications and vehicle based systems can provide an immense amount of useable and useful information. It is possible, however, to lose value by taking on too much too fast. “For some segments of the market,” says L. T. “Chip” Powell, director of U.S. operations at Blue Tree Systems,

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