WheelTime Network President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Delaney announced plans to launch a network program to expand the boundaries of miles per gallon thinking and increase fuel savings for its customers using current and readily available, off-the-shelf technology as well as training.
WheelTime has begun development of such a program. The “No Limits” initiative will look into the following:
- Increase use of dual-fuel technology (technology also allows vehicles to run on diesel if no natural gas is available);
- Advanced glider utilization;
- Optimal routing and/or tankage for fuel availability;
- Continuous measurement and improvement of key benchmarks;
- Real world, for-hire applications;
- Driver training—including education and incentives;
- Technology additions and continuous improvement based upon application.
“Efficiency and speed, guided by advanced systems and administered by a high quality truck and coach service network, offer breakthrough capabilities for customers to reduce costs, increase control and drive ‘wheel time’,” Delaney added. “Our overall goal remains, as the name implies, to reduce time in the shop and create more time at the wheel for every customer.”