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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - Peterbilt, Delphi successfully test new APU technology
Denton,TX,USA -Truck News (CAN) -24 July 2008: -- Delphi and Peterbilt recently demonstrated a solid oxide fuel cell APU, which was able to successfully power a Peterbilt 386's electrical system while providing air-conditioning without depleting the truck's batteries or requiring it to idle... The Delphi system converts chemical energy in conventional fuels into useful electrical power without combustion, the company explained in a release. It claims its system runs quietly and more efficiently than APUs with traditional combustion engines... Delphi says its solid oxide fuel cell APU will be able to run off natural gas, diesel, biodiesel, propane, gasoline, coal-derived fuel and military logistics fuel. It is also compact in size, the company says...
* USA - Aerodynamics are nothing new to us: Volvo
Greensboro,NC,USA -Truck News (CAN) -25 July 2008: -- Volvo Trucks North America has dug into the archives to revive a white paper the company (then Volvo White Truck Corp.) published on the importance of aerodynamics some 25 years ago... Volvo says its aerodynamic conventional truck was the first of its kind, integrating a number of fuel-saving features that are now commonplace... At the time, Volvo said its aerodynamic improvements would reduce fuel consumption by 2,200 gallons per 100,000 miles. Since those first aero trucks were introduced, Volvo estimates its highway tractors have saved customers about 5.6 billion gallons of diesel, reducing about 62 million tonnes of CO2...
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