The freight transportation sector accounts for 25% of the total U.S. transportation sector’s emissions and fuel usage and about 8% of total emissions in the country. Freight fuel and emissions use (as a percentage of the whole) has climbed at three times the rate of passenger travel. There are three main freight transportation sectors that [...]
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ATD Truck of the Year Judging Commences
March 18th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen One of the events at the St. Louis National Truck Equipment Association’s Work Truck Show (NTEA WTS) is the convening of the judges and manufacturers for the Commercial Truck of the Year contest. This year, the equipment was gathered at the St. Louis Regional Airport in order to put all of them in one spot [...]
Compressed Natural Gas
March 17th, 2010 Aaron Turpen As a fuel, compressed natural gas (CNG) is one of the most common gases used in alternative-fueled vehicles in commercial transportation and related industries. Many of the forklifts on the docks that service trains and big trucks run on CNG as do many work trucks and maintenance vehicles in fleets. Several companies, including Caterpillar and [...]
Freightliner Introduces Business Class M2 112 Natural Gas Powered Truck
March 16th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Freightliner Trucks now offers a new Business Class M2 112 NG model which runs on natural-gas. Forty of the trucks are now in operation at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles with the truck’s market targets being port operations, natural gas utilities, and municipalities. The M2 112 NG has a Cummins Westport ISL [...]
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