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May 9, 2015

* USA - Saving fleets big money, with fuel saving technology

* Texas - You want to save 9,000 dollars per truck yearly ?

 -- The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)'s, Annual Fleet Fuel Study of more than 53,000 tractors and 160,000 trailers, operated by 14 fleets, achieved fuel savings of U.S.$477 million in 2014 by adopting a variety of fuel efficiency technologies... It found such improvements save U.S.$9,000 per year per truck, with an estimated payback period of two and a half years while reducing their carbon emissions by 19%... This year’s study also discovered the adoption of fuel-saving technologies had increased from 18% in 2003 to 42% in 2014... As a result, the 14 fleets have achieved 7.0 mpg on average for all their trucks, while their 2015-model-year trucks have reached as high as 8.5 mpg... The 14 fleets included in the study achieved this high level of fuel efficiency by adopting a combination of nearly 70 currently-available technologies and engaging the resources and guidance of Trucking Efficiency, a joint effort of NACFE, a group that aims to double the efficiency of the continent’s trucking fleet, and the Carbon War Room (CWR), a global nonprofit, advocating the adoption of business solutions that reduce carbon emissions and advance the low-carbon economy... According to the group, major trucking fleets such as Con-way Truckload, Frito Lay and Schneider are actively pursuing fleet-wide fuel savings and seeing on-the-road results from adopting recommendations from Trucking Efficiency’s Tech Guide and Confidence Reports on individual trucking technologies. Such reports are available on tire pressure systems, 6x2 axles, idle reduction, transmissions, and engine parameters... Con-way Truckload saw major success in equipping 48% of their fleet with automated manual transmissions, according to NACFE... 
(Photo)  --  Dallas,TXS,USA - Today's Trucking - May 7, 2015

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