Because there may be tens of thousands of old, single-stage hydraulic lifts rotting away in America’s workshops which have long outlived their useful life and possibly represent environmental and safety hazards, vehicle lift leader Stertil Koni has developed a solution based on its extremely popular DIAMOND LIFT model that has been specifically engineered for concrete […]
Environmental group SAFE, (Securing Americas Future Energy) has released a brief analyzing the potential fuel savings of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Phase 2 fuel economy program for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and finds that the “new Phase 2 truck rule would save nearly 800,000 barrels of […]
Findings from its 10th consecutive year of tracking air pollution show the Port of Los Angeles has set new records for cutting harmful emissions from port-related sources, with diesel particulate matter (DPM) down 85 percent and sulfur oxides (SOx) bordering on total elimination, having plummeted 97 percent since 2005. The data also shows the […]
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has announced it has purchased 125 new technology hybrid electric delivery trucks, as part of a broader program to deploy electric-powered vehicles with greater range and performance. The new trucks are designed to deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains – up to four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle, […]
DHL has announced that this year, more than 200 new vehicles will be joining the DHL Express U.S. fleet – making it one of the newest and most modern fleets in the industry. From 2014-2015, approximately 75 percent of the U.S. fleet was replaced with new, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Having invested nearly $50 million over […]
Automotive engine software maker Derive Systems has released its newest engine calibration software for the Ford Explorer and Ford Police Interceptor Utility. The software is designed to improve idle fuel efficiency by lowering the idle RPM in the Explorer, a staple of law enforcement and government fleets. Derive Efficiency allows fleet managers, heads of law […]
Rolls-Royce has announced the availability of new generator sets from MTU Onsite Energy with a power output range of 80-200 kWe and featuring Mercedes-Benz on-highway engines. The new 4R0120 and 6R0120 generator sets, containing Mercedes-Benz OM924LA and OM926LA diesel engines, respectively, represent the first time these proven on-highway engines have been adapted for power generation […]
Volvo Group North America recently was honored with a 2015 Energy Award from the Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) for its efforts to reduce energy usage at its manufacturing facilities. Since 2009, the Volvo Group has reduced energy consumption by 26.8 percent at eight of its U.S. manufacturing facilities, exceeding its original goal of a […]
Allison Transmission and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) have dedicated the first of 60 new buses equipped with the latest advances in fuel economy technology. Referred to as xFE, designating extra fuel economy, the new fully automatic bus transmission has demonstrated improvements up to 7 percent. The new buses are part of TheRide’s […]
Polaris® Industries Inc. (NYSE:PII), a leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles, has announced one of the first vehicles resulting from Polaris’ acquisition from Brammo Inc., the RANGER EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit® Camo. The offering is a first in the off-road industry, the RANGER EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit Camo, which delivers more than three times the total […]
