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19 January 2012
What does it mean for a long-haul truck to be “super”? According to new standards set by the US Department of Energy, it means that it’s 50 per cent more fuel-efficient than today’s hardware – a goal that the agency, with the help of Volvo, Daimler, Cummins, Peterbilt and Navistar, hopes to hit by 2015. The new goals are specific to Class 8 trucks, which have loaded kerb weights of 15 tons or more.
This video explains the fuel-saving technologies of the Freightliner Innovation Truck...
Read more about supertrucks and other tech concepts in the February 2012 issue of Popular Mechanics - on sale on 23 January.
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