Volvo unveils SuperTruck, touts fuel efficiency advancements
Volvo Trucks North America has unveiled its new SuperTruck demonstrator, which the company announced has achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 88%, exceeding the 50% improvement goal set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program. According to Volvo, the SuperTruck tractor-trailer combination boosted fuel efficiency by 70%—exceeding 12 MPG, with some test runs showing more than 13 MPG—in
Peterbilt, Cummins to work on SuperTruck II program
Peterbilt and Cummins will be embarking on a five-year program to develop technologies under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SuperTruck II program. The technologies will double freight efficiency to achieve Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) requirements set forth for model years 2021, 2024 and 2027. “Peterbilt is proud to support the DOE’s SuperTruck II program in
Daimler Trucks North America to participate in SuperTruck II initiative
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced that it has been selected to receive a $20 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the SuperTruck II program. The new award is part of a multimillion dollar, multi-year program to increase the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles while decreasing carbon pollution. SuperTruck
From SuperTruck to reality: A look at the technology that could drive tomorrow’s trucks forward
The objective of the 2012 Department of Energy (DOE) SuperTruck program was to develop tractor-trailers that were 50% more efficient than the 2009 baseline models by 2015. What truck OEMs have learned—and put into production—during that process is that truck technology development is surpassing original expectations. So here’s an update from one truck OEM. Applied
Daimler SuperTruck program exceeds goals
Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs, according to the company. The SuperTruck was unveiled at MATS. To validate the lofty targets set by the DOE, DTNA engineers conducted a
Daimler Trucks North America achieves SuperTruck efficiency targets
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that it has realized the objectives of its SuperTruck program one year ahead of schedule. Sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), the SuperTruck program is an ambitious five-year research and development initiative focused on improving freight efficiency, reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of Class 8 trucks. Including
SuperTrucks showing promise
A look at where things stand roughly three years into the U.S. DOE Vehicle Technologies Program’s five-year SuperTruck Program.
Mack to Participate in SuperTruck Development
As part of a SuperTruck contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, Mack Trucks will work to develop technologies that improve the freight-moving efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Volvo Trucks introduces new generation VNL
VTNA President Peter Voorhoeve calls the new design a “quantum leap forward.”
PACCAR exhibits its trucks at CES
Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF trucks will be exhibited at CES.
