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There's $24 billion worth of potential in North America's truck fleet

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Oct 09, 2017 at 08:56 AM CST
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/theres-24-billion-worth-potential-north-americas-truck-fleet Over the course of 99 truck days — 17 actual days — seven trucks and seven drivers clearly demonstrated that it is possible to get at least 10 miles from a gallon of diesel fuel in a Class 8 Heavy Duty Tractor. If the 1.7 million trucks on North American highways today achieved the same level of efficiency as the trucks in the Run on Less initiative , they would save 9.7 billion gallons of diesel fuel — about $24.3 billion based on today's fuel costs — alongside 98 million tons of carbon dioxide each year.

Oct 09, 2017 at 08:56 AM CST