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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA
* Freightliner delivers M2 hybrid to propane hauler
Morenci,MICH,USA -Today's Trucking -13 May 2009: -- Freightliner Trucks has built a delivery truck for a Midwest propane distributor using Eaton Corporation's diesel-electric hybrid drive system. It is the first application of the parallel electric hybrid system to a hazardous material delivery application, Freightliner claimed... The Eaton parallel electric hybrid system runs the truck using the diesel engine, the hybrid electric motor, or both. The motor provides additional launching power to reduce the load on the diesel and cut fuel use and exhaust fumes in stop-and-go operations. Pennington anticipates up to 30 percent in reduction in fuel use and emissions...* Detroit Diesel offers recycled DFP exchanges
Redford,MICH,USA -Today's Trucking -13 May 2009: -- Detroit Diesel customers with EPA '07 equipment approaching the required change intervals for diesel particulate filters can find cleaned and recycled DPFs at authorized service outlets, the builder said... Customers can exchange their spent DPFs for the renewed units and quickly return their trucks to service... Dealers send the traded-in DPFs to Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing facilities where they undergo cleaning with de-ionized water, restoring DPFs to approximately 95 percent of their original effectiveness... Since launching its DPF cleaning program, the company has recycled more than 7,000 filters...Labels: truckmakers' news USA
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