The Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) is good for the environment, according to its manufacturer, Pressure Systems International (PSI), and the product is going green to remind customers of that. The product is now being shipped with a green Thru-T and green striped delivery hoses. This color coding is indicative of the Continue Reading

Pursuit of a low-carbon fuel standard could be better for the environment, but worse for personal finances if it plays out according to a recent study sponsored by the Consumer Energy Alliance, a coalition of fuel users and producers. Initially, projects the study, gas prices would jump to $5 a gallon, then $7.50 five years later. The increase is tied to Continue Reading

A study to analyze the impact of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) fuel efficiency program seeks the input of federal, state and local agencies, Indian tribes and the public to help identify environmental issues and reasonable alternatives. Comments are directed to take into account the unique demands of heavy-duty applications, as well as the structure of the trucking Continue Reading

Effective June 1, the Canadian province of Alberta will make available $2 million in incentives for truckers who choose to invest in fuel-saving technologies. The program’s eligible technologies include: trailer skirts and fairings ($500); end fairings ($500); cab heaters ($400); auxiliary power units ($1,500); gap fairings ($300); and Continue Reading

With stricter fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, research and development in the trucking industry just got more challenging. Last Friday, President Obama unveiled these new standards, but they won’t be phased in until in between model years 2014 and 2018. The advance notice will give OEMs the chance to recover from the tighter budgets and steep decline in Continue Reading

A Maine logging and trucking contractor is throwing his weight around, determined to prove to legislators that increasing weight limits on the state’s interstates would boost efficiency and public safety. The project measured the performance of two trucks laden with 99,800 lbs on the non-Interstate route, where higher weight limits were already approved, and a stretch of I-95, where gross vehicle weight limits were Continue Reading

After their engineering investments helped clear the 2010 EPA emissions hurdle, truck manufacturers can now pour their R and D dollars into a familiar, yet timely project: improving fuel economy. And, with projections that this year’s diesel cost per gallon could hover around the $3 mark, the focus couldn’t come at a more needed time. Look for more Continue Reading

ArvinMeritor’s new tandem drive axle that offers enhanced durability and gives a boost to MPG, proven by more than 6 million miles of on-road testing by motor carriers of different sizes. The Meritor 14X features a more robust inter-axle differential that is 20 percent larger and can accommodate the increased nominal torque, up to 2,050 ft. lbs. in certain applications of today’s high-torque rise diesel engines. Its design also helps prevent Continue Reading

The Department of Energy’s monthly short-term energy outlook projects that diesel fuel will average nearly $3 a year before eclipsing that mark in 2011. Gasoline will rise to $2.84 a gallon this year from $2.35 last year and continue climbing to an average $2.97 in 2011, DOE said, pinning the gain to projected higher crude Continue Reading

On the first day funds were available through the joint funding program between the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the CA-based Clean Transportation Technologies and Solutions (CalStart) organization, $5 million went out. To organizers, that indicates a “pent-up” demand for hybrid technologies. The $20-million Hybrid Truck and Continue Reading