fuel saving optimization News
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Eaton Widens Reach of Fuller Advantage® Series Transmissions
To better meet the specification preferences for trucking fleets throughout North America, power management company Eaton has expanded its lineup of Fuller Advantage® Series transmissions to deliver weight savings and fuel efficiency improvements available on nine new models. They include: Three manual transmissions with new direct drive gear ratios. Two automated models with new direct ...
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Analysis of Connected and Automated Vehicle Technologies Highlights Uncertainty in Potential Effects on Fuel Use, Miles Traveled
A joint study from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed the potential effects of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies on fuel use and efficiency, vehicle miles traveled, and consumer costs. The analysis focused on a range of light-duty CAV technologies in conventional ...
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Fuel savings and improved air quality highlight Duke Energy`s truck-stop effort in N.C.
More than 25,000 gallons of truck fuel is projected to be saved annually as part of a $300,000 Duke Energy project to fund electrification at a North Carolina truck stop. Big Boy's Truck Stop, in the Johnston County town of Kenly, will soon have 24 truck electrification stations where drivers can pay to plug in and avoid idling engines. This will be an economical way to provide electricity ...
By Duke Energy
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Toshiba Promotes Move to Hydrogen Economy with Construction of Integrated Hydrogen Application Center
Toshiba Corporation today broke ground on a new Hydrogen Application Center at its Fuchu Complex in western Tokyo. Scheduled to start operation in April 2017, the center will be built around a newly designed H2One hydrogen power system that will use renewable energy to produce hydrogen and supply it to fuel-cell powered forklifts operating in Fuchu Complex. Fuel cells can be quickly refueled and ...
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