Boosting service operations
While the space on this page is most often devoted to the latest light- and medium-duty vehicle developments, the productivity of these fleet operations is also highly dependent on efficiency behind the scenes.
Fuel economy:Component weight savings
While increasing payload carrying capacity by specifying lightweight components and options is a standard practice for some fleets, a number of operations report that lower weight specs can lead to fuel savings as well.
Fuel Economy: Component weight savings
While increasing payload carrying capacity by specifying lightweight components and options is a standard practice for some fleets, a number of operations report that lower weight specs can lead to fuel savings as well.
Michelin introduces XZE2 regional truck tire
Michelin Americas Truck Tires has unveiled a new version of its popular regional tire, the all-position Michelin XZE tire, to leaders at the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) show. The new tire carries the designation Michelin XZE2.
Clean Burn offers two used-oil heaters
Engineered to burn used oils generated by cars, trucks, heavy equipment, boats and other vehicles, Clean Burn furnaces and boilers transform used oil into heat. Tens of thousands of Clean Burn products located throughout the world burn millions of gallons of used oils each year on-site, at the point of generation. This volume of used oil would otherwise be transported on highway systems and pose a considerable risk to spills and/or contamination to the environment.
Cool trends
Refrigeration unit technology continues to evolve and improve
Fuel economy: weight savings
While cost savings will vary depending on vocation, application and operating conditions, states a Kenworth White Paper published a few years ago, weight savings can improve the life cycle cost of a vehicle in two respects: increased payload capacity and better fuel economy.
Shifting demands
What’s not to like about automated mechanical transmissions (AMT)? Many drivers like them because they’re easier to drive than conventional mechanical designs.
We’re ready to stop
Although the government keeps delaying the implementation of new stopping distance regulations, suppliers have been active in developing products that will help fleets minimize costs related to compliance when the regulations are finally enacted.
Grisham molds a new operation
Two years ago, the venerable LTL carrier Con-way turned it up a notch and added a truckload fleet.