Pre-show and Live news from The Work Truck Show 2011 and the Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis, IN March 8-10 by Fleets & Fuels ShowTimes Magazine. Two full-color print magazines — produced onsite, printed over night and distributed to event attendees. Advertising opportunities available with all our show daily publications. http://www.ctnpublishing.com
Hino Motors president Yoshiro Shirai introduced the new hybrid-electric cabover at Work Truck Show 2011.
ACT Expo sponsor Hino Trucks is bringing its new 195H model, a Class 5 hybrid electric truck, for the May 4-6 event’s ride-and-drive.
Our report from this year’s Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, where two new hybrid model trucks were unveiled,...
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Our complete issues from the 2011 Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit are available here in digital flip-book format, bringing you all the green truck news of these events. Complete and downloadable PDF versions can be found at http://www.ctnpublishing.com/samples.html.
March 8, 2011 Issue of Fleets & Fuels ShowTimes
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In the driver’s seat of compressed natural gas-fueled Business Class M2 is Dave Bryant of Freightliner, and at his left on the ladder is National Truck Equipment Association executive director Jim Carney. Calstart president and CEO John Boesel is at front left. Agility Fuel Systems is the truck’s CNG tank assembly provider, and Agility...
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National Truck Equipment Association business development director Doyle Sumrall at the Calstart-hosted Green Truck Summit on March 7. Sumrall also heads the new Green Truck Association, an ancillary division of NTEA
Some 63% of operators say their green mandate comes principally through internal company initiatives rather than regulation or other influences, according to a recent...
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BAE Systems formally kicked off its effort to bring its HybriDrive hybrid electric vehicle technology to Class 6, 7, and 8 vocational trucks, naming Caterpillar as its partner for transmissions.
“Vocational truck fleets that transition to our heavy-duty HybriDrive system will experience fuel savings not before seen in these truck classes,” said BAE power and...
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The National Truck Equipment Association unveiled a new logo at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, taking the occasion “to celebrate its evolution as an organization.”
“For more than 47 years, the NTEA has continually grown and broadened its scope, in anticipation of and in response to the continuously changing needs of its members and...
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North Carolina’s Zapi, a unit of Italy’s Zapi SpA, which claims the world lead in controllers for battery electric industrial vehicles, had a small booth at the Work Truck Show but is going 20×20 next year, as it plans to introduce a high-power controller for electric drive trucks this summer.
“Our products are real. We...
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The Indiana Department of Transportation is taking delivery of 19 new Kenworth T440 tractors to be deployed in and around Indianapolis, where public compressed natural gas fueling is available.
The dedicated CNG vehicles, bought from the local branch of multi-state Kenworth dealer Palmer Trucks, have 8.9-liter, dedicated-natural gas ISL G engines from Cummins Westport (Booth...
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The City of Chicago is keenly interested in fielding all-electric refuse trucks as part of its long-term plan to reduce fuel costs and emissions – but only if it can buy the vehicle from a U.S. manufacturer.
“We’re watching this intently and we want the first electric refuse truck,” said Matt Stewart, senior automotive equipment...
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The Work Truck Show 2012 is slated for March 5-8, 2012, also at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The 48th Annual NTEA Convention takes place March 5-8 and the Work Truck Show itself March 6-8, 2012. As at this year’s 47th NTEA annual, WTS-12 is to be preceded by Calstart’s Green Truck Summit,...
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