Heavy Duty Trucking, March 2018
FUEL SMARTS to target the increased use of intermodal to move its goods Chrysandreas said this went hand in hand with making large investments to improve its services including building new distribution centers near major customers in order to reduce dray mileage from intermodal yards as well as expanding relationships with additional intermodal partners Most of the challenges his team faced Chrysandreas recalled came from within Kimberly Clark particularly older managers with memories of slow moving boxcars who resisted moving freight from OTR trucks to railroads He credits the railroads with helping educate doubters and eliminating most of those initial concerns FUEL IN THE NEWS Argonne Labs heavy duty vehicle emissions calculator Argonne National Laboratory recently launched the Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions Calculator an online resource that estimates the vehicle operation nitrogen oxide NOx and fine particulate matter PM25 as well as the well to wheel greenhouse gas emissions GHGs of current commercially available alternative fuel medium and heavy duty vehicles eligible for funding under the VW settlement It is available at afleet web es anl gov hdv emissions calculator Glider kit environmental study comes under fire A study that purportedly showed that glider kits would not have a significant environmental impact and may actually pollute less than modern engines has been called into question by the institution that released it Tennessee Technical University After the Environmental Defense Fund questioned its credibility earlier this year an investigation was requested by the TTU faculty The study played a key role in reintroducing a glider kit loophole to the 2017 EPA greenhouse gas regulations but was funded by Fitzgerald Glider Kits something the TTU faculty highlighted in their request Volvo Electric trucks viable for hauling freight Sweden based AB Volvo announced on Jan 23 that it will start selling electric trucks in Europe in 2019 with the first units entering service with select customers sometime this year and the companys North American operations say they see a future for electromobility here as well Göran Nyberg president of Volvo Trucks North America commented in a statement that electromobility is fully in line with Volvo Trucks long term commitment to sustainable urban development and zero emissions HDT MARCH 2018 38 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM
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