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Cooper Tire talks truck tires and fuel economy

Tires and fuel have long been known as the two biggest costs a typical fleet faces. So the idea of being able to shore up both costs in one should be music to a fleet manager’s ears. That’s the point Cooper Tire made in a recent Q&A, in which Gary Schroeder, executive director of Cooper’s Global

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Truck wheel technology for weight savings, corrosion resistance, connectivity

Every fleet has unique preferences for wheel specifications, notes Mike Palladino, director of wheels product management at Accuride. Manufacturers should ask what’s important to their customers, he relates. For example, is it light-weighting equipment, financial impact, aesthetics or driver preference? They also need to be ready to meet all of the requirements for any vocation.

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Watch: Up-close with Ford’s full-hybrid 2022 Maverick pickup truck

For this week’s On the Road we’re doing something a little bit different, because Ford recently invited us out to see them in Detroit to take a look at their brand-new light-duty pickup truck offering: The 2022 Ford Maverick. Watch the video above to see all the details on Ford’s new hybrid pickup truck. Click

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Watch: How much does your truck tire tread really matter?

Tread patterns affect all kinds of performance criteria for your trucks, like traction and braking, tire removal mileage, fuel efficiency, maneuverability, noise and driver comfort. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series. Here is a transcript of the video: Consider your tire tread. Very fancy. But it’s more than that.

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Ford introduces full-hybrid light-duty truck with 2022 Maverick

In the trucking world, you don’t often hear of a new truck advertised as capable of hitting 40 MPG in the city and 500 miles of range on a single tank of gas with a starting price under $20,000, but that is exactly what Ford says it has achieved with its new light-duty offering, the

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Bridgestone adds to Ecopia line with long-haul steer tire

Bridgestone Americas is expanding its fuel-efficient Ecopia commercial truck tire line with the introduction of the all-new Bridgestone R213 Ecopia tire. The new tire is engineered to reduce operating costs by delivering ultra-high fuel efficiency, the highest ever offered on a Bridgestone long-haul steer tire, in combination with significant improvements in wear performance, the tire

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PacLease introduces new fuel program partnership with personalized planning

PacLease announced a partnership with Multi Service Fuel Card for its co-branded fuel card, called PacFuel. With Multi Service Fuel Card as the PacLease fuel card partner, PacFuel says that its full-service lease and contract maintenance customers are provided custom one-on-one consulting to map out the best fuel strategies, and potential savings, the company says.

Starting sustainability efforts with diesel engines

Nearly every time I talk with people about sustainability, I ask: Is this time different? Years ago we saw the growth of “going green,” which carried a hefty price tag for environmentally conscious decisions. The difference this time around isn’t just the improvement in electrification technology—it’s the attention sustainability is receiving throughout society. Transportation operations

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Samsara releases fuel efficiency benchmarks report

Samsara has released its Fuel Efficiency Benchmarks Report to help fleets evaluate how their vehicles are performing across key efficiency metrics. With the data from this report, fleets can start making meaningful changes to their fuel and fleet decisions, the company says. With this report, Samsara says customers can set and track fuel efficiency goals

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Correcting truck spec’ing assumptions, the impact on fuel efficiency

Last time I talked with Allison Athey, product marketing manager at Volvo Trucks North America, she turned the tables and sprung a question on me in true Unscripted fashion. When we were done recording, I joked that she should guest host next time and ask me the questions. She said she was game and the

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How to get maximum fuel efficiency from your truck engine and transmission

Integrated powertrains can offer multiple advantages to fleets compared to a traditional manual and legacy automated transmission-based systems, noted Kristopher Ptasznik, powertrain total cost of ownership and consultancy leader at Cummins. “Traditionally, drivers can account for up to a 30% difference in a fleet’s fuel economy,” Ptasznik said. “By making it easier to operate the

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Peterbilt GM Jason Skoog talks next-gen 579 truck technology, fuel efficiency

The technology you can’t see in today’s trucks is just as important as the technology you can. The next-gen Peterbilt 579 first impression is striking—from the improved aerodynamic design that offers a 7% fuel efficiency gain over the previous iteration when spec’d with a PACCAR powertrain, according to the OEM, to the 15-in. digital driver

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