Fleets face a multitude of fuel-efficiency testing methods, each with unique contexts and applications, making comparisons challenging and confusing, and extrapolation to the real world even more so, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency said in its latest report.
January 28, 2016BusinessFuel
European Truck Fuel Efficiency Stalls as US Continues to Tighten Emissions Standards
Trucks in the European Union are no more fuel-efficient than they were more than a decade ago, according to a report released Dec. 3, as calls increase for emissions from heavy-duty vehicles to be regulated in the same way as cars.
December 4, 2015BusinessFuel
Consumers Support Increased Fuel Economy in Heavy-Duty Trucks, Study Finds
Almost three quarters of American consumers support requiring truck manufacturers to raise the fuel economy of heavy-duty trucks, according to a recent report.
August 11, 2014Business
Obama Orders Another Round of Greenhouse-Gas Rules for Trucks
Speaking at a Safeway Inc. distribution center in Maryland on Feb. 18, President Obama ordered his staff to develop a proposed rule further tightening greenhouse-gas emissions by heavy- and medium-duty trucks by March 2015 and to complete the process a year after that.
February 18, 2014PerspectiveBusiness
Opinion: Addicted to Hauling Partial Loads
The trucking industry is addicted to hauling air. Trailers that ideally should be rolling down the road filled to capacity are burning precious fuel just to carry a couple of skids 1,000 miles. Â Â
January 20, 2014Special CoverageBusiness
‘PedalCoach’ Driver Tool Aims to Save 5¢ a Mile on Fuel
ORLANDO, Fla. — A fledgling company showcased a new product here it said could save trucking companies a nickel a mile in fuel costs, while helping to retain drivers.
October 19, 2013Business
Truck Efficiency Rule Sent to White House
The first-ever heavy-truck fuel-efficiency proposal has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review.
June 13, 2011Business
Feds Seek Comment on Truck Efficiency Rule
Federal regulators have officially opened the public comment phase of their first-ever regulations to set commercial truck fuel-efficiency and carbon-emission standards.
December 3, 2010Business
U.S. Proposes Fuel, Carbon Goals in Heavy-Truck Fuel-Economy Standards
The Obama administration last week proposed the first-ever regulations to set commercial truck fuel-efficiency and carbon-emission standards.
November 1, 2010EditorialBusiness
Unveiling a Fuel-Efficiency Rule
After months of anticipation and concern, the trucking industry finally got a look last week at the federal government’s first proposal to regulate the fuel-efficiency and carbon-dioxide output of commercial trucks.
November 1, 2010