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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Coca-Cola Enterprises More Than Doubles Hybrid Delivery Fleet
Introducing Heavier-Duty Hybrid Delivery Truck with Eaton Hybrid System
Washington,DC,USA -Green Car Congress -19 January 2009: -- Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is more than doubling its current fleet of 142 hybrid electric delivery trucks by adding an incremental 185 hybrids, making the CCE fleet the largest hybrid fleet in North America... It also introduced a heavier duty hybrid tractor to support a gross vehicle combination weight of 55,000 lbs. The majority of CCE’s current hybrid delivery vehicles are 12-bay box trucks (33,000 lbs gross vehicle weight)... The new tractor is based on a medium-duty truck (even though the application, at 55,000 lbs, is technically Class 8), with the hybrid powertrain calibrated for heavier loads and the unique duty cycle of a beverage delivery vehicle. The new tractor combines the medium-duty hybrid system from Eaton Corporation with equipment from Kenworth Corporation and Cummins Engines...
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