Vision Industries, the California-based company which builds the Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 tractor and the ZETT hydrogen fuel cell spotting tractor, has signed agreements with Burtek Incorporated and Asemblon. The agreement with Burtek is to promote the company’s fuel cell trucks to the military and the agreement with Asemblon is for Vision to [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Tyrano HFCV Truck Going to Boot Camp, Vision Ind to Create National Hydrogen Trucking Infrastructure
May 26th, 2010 
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Navistar to Launch eStar Electric Truck in Portland
May 26th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Navistar has announced that the launch market for their new electric, medium-duty, commercial truck will be in Portland, Oregon with sales coming from Navistar’s authorized dealer Cascadia International Trucks, based in Tacoma, Washington. The truck will begin commercial sales in Portland and then throughout the Pacific Northwest. As new dealerships are signed on and maintenance [...]
The White House’s Fuel Economy Mandates for Commercial Vehicles
May 25th, 2010 Aaron Turpen President Obama has signed a Presidential Memorandum which expands emissions standards to include medium and heavy trucks as well as setting standards for cars and light trucks. All of these will begin in 2014-2017, when the current Corporate Annual Fleet Emissions (CAFE) standards expire. The new emissions standards will be under the purview of the [...]
Can Gasoline Reduce Diesel Fuel Emissions?
May 23rd, 2010 Aaron Turpen Before you go out and start pumping gasoline into one of your tanks on your rig, know that this application is meant for light load, small diesel engines and is an experiment in low temperature operations. A study funded by the joint University of Michigan/General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory in Engine Systems was conducted by [...]
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