Running Green
Running Green
Clean Power available for T800, W900 models
Kenworth has announced its Clean Power no-idle system is now available for order as a factory-installed option on Kenworth T800 and W900 models that are equipped with a 72-in. AeroCab sleeper...
ASTM International publishes updated biodiesel standards
Updates to the biodiesel standards published by ASTM International includes specifications for up to 5% biodiesel in the regular diesel fuel pool and creates a new standard that covers finished fuel blends of between 6% (B6) and 20% (B20) biodiesel for both on- and off-road diesel engine use...
Dometic sees day cabs as ripe for idle reduction
NEW ORLEANS. Dometic Environmental Corporation, a supplier of battery-based idle reduction solutions, was among the exhibitors at the 2008 American Trucking Assns. Management Conference and Exhibition held here this week...
Schneider Logistics EPA-certified
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Schneider Logistics a SmartWay Transport Partner...
On the Wine Road
California's wine country is full of family-run businesses with the kind of commitment to place that ripens over decades. Two such businesses are Biagi...
More GM plants to go landfill-free
General Motors plans to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the end of 2010 meaning that all production waste or garbage...
Eco-driving tips offer big fuel savings
Simple changes in driver habits can bring significant fuel economy savings. To prove that point, Isuzu Motors Ltd. has been holding a series of “fuel economy challenges” around the world to demonstrate the effectiveness of its “eco-driving” techniques...
New bus chassis from Freightliner Custom Chassis
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has introduced a hybrid-electric commercial bus chassis designed to offer fuel savings and reduced emissions...
EPA begins clean diesel project funding
The first $3.4 million in funding for clean diesel projects has been allocated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the $50 million Diesel Emissions Reduction Program...
Kennedy argues economics of environmental action
BOSTON. According to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., implementing a U.S. energy policy that would "de-carbonize" America would not only restore the country's environmental health, but quickly drive the nation's economic growth to new heights...
Testing selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
Improved fuel economy. More power. Less active regeneration. And above all, miniscule amounts of pollutants from the tailpipe...
Kenworth releases new diesel-electric hybrid tractor
Kenworth Truck Co. has released the T370 Class 7 diesel-electric hybrid tractor for local haul applications...
LNG gains foothold in ports
Ports, communities and businesses across the country have started looking at liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel systems as an environmentally friendly solution to clean air and emissions concerns. The eight Kenworth T800s equipped with LNG fuel systems that went into full-time drayage service in California last month under the Clean Trucks Program are an example of how the emerging technology is beginning to make an impact...
Pickens: Wal-Mart chief intrigued by natural gas
A Tuesday blog posting by T. Boone Pickens says Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott was impressed enough with his energy plan that he ordered a quick study on the feasibility of converting the company’s 8,500 truck fleet to natural gas power...
NTEA to host Green Truck Summit
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) will host a Green Truck Summit as part of the Work Truck Show 2009...
Bergstrom NITE system CARB-approved
Bergstrom Inc. has announced its No-Idle Thermal Environment (NITE) system has been approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)...
The future of emissions regulations and technologies
FleetOwner recently spoke with Dr. Walter G. Copan, executive vp of American operations & CTO for Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., about the rapidly changing world of emissions control and regulation...
Alternative Smorgasbord
It's one of the biggest fleets in the world, operating over 219,000 vehicles and logging more than 1.2 billion mi. in 2007 alone. Yet that doesn't deter...
Cox Enterprises adds more hybrid vehicles
Cox Enterprises, based in Atlanta, has added nine International DuraStar Hybrid bucket trucks to its fleet. The Navistar trucks bring Cox's fleet of hybrids...
Web site details Volvo's commitment to environment
Volvo Trucks North America is taking its green campaign to the web. By clicking on the VTNA and the Environment tab on www.volvotrucks.us.com, users can...
Major beverage distributor joins hybrid crowd
The nation’s fifth largest beverage distributor, Crescent Crown Distributing, will lease three Peterbilt Model 335 Hybrid Class 7 tractors through PacLease...
New green technologies website for Peterbilt
Peterbilt Motors Co. has launched a green technologies website as the company begins making its new medium-duty hybrid vehicles available for customer order...
Wine fleet gets first Peterbilt hybrids
NAPA, CA. The first two production Peterbilt hybrid electric medium duty trucks were delivered today to VinLux Fine Wine Transport, a wine storage and expedited delivery business with a fleet of 35 delivery trucks operating throughout California. The two Peterbilt Model 335 hybrids are going into daily service in the San Francisco region...
Kenworth LNG trucks operating at CA ports
Eight Kenworth T800 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, operated by Total Transportation Services, Inc. (TTSI), have become the first alternative fuel vehicles to operate in full-time drayage service at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach under the Clean Trucks Program...
California ports order Volvo, Mack trucks
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have ordered 100 Volvo VNL 300 day/cabs and 100 Mack Pinnacle Axle Back day/cabs for the initial phase of their Clean Trucks Program...
