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Study - USA - Truck Specs: Critical to fuel economy
USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jun 20, 2006: -- Initial results of a fuel economy study by truck leasing firm PHH First Fleet, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, suggest that truck specs—especially engine size and gear ratio—impact vehicle fuel efficiency more than most people think... “What surprises me is the depth to which spec’ing choices can influence fuel economy,” said Hal Booth, senior vp at PHH First Fleet... is using data gained via onboard telematics installed on customer vehicles to map out what affects vehicle fuel economy. At the 10-month mark, results support the following hypothesis: While horsepower and torque are directly proportional to one another, if the output torque range or engine load percentage is maintained at a significantly lower percentage rate and the horsepower and rpms are over-spec’d, fuel economy will increase...
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