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WORK TRUCK SHOW & GREEN TRUCK SUMMIT
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011
Green Truck–Work Truck 2011 Terex for Odyne Terex Utilities has agreed to distribute plugin hybrid electric drivetrains by Odyne, taking the fuel-saving product (which is getting a new battery technology) far beyond its current 15-state territory. —Page 5
Biomethane Rolls It’s a modest project, just 100 GGE per day, but Iowa’s Unison is showing that cow manure really can power vehicles at a brand new installation in Wisconsin. —Page 6
Indiana Propane The Indiana Department of Transportation, taking advantage of federal largesse, is converting more than 200 of its pickups and vans to bi-fuel gasoline-propane, tapping an Indiana upfitter that’s exhibiting here – and has lots of other irons in the fire. —Page 10
Eaton Speaks Eaton offers several varieties of both electric and hydraulic drivetrains. Eaton Hybrid Power Systems Division business development and marketing director Seth Deutsch talks ROI and market share and more. —Page 12
Big Boys in Buses Eye Hybrid Trucks Allison Transmission and BAE Systems are working government-backed initiatives that may take the two (parallel and series, respectively) bus hybrid drivetrain leaders into the truck sector. Watch for BAE Systems to reveal further details here today.
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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 president Ron Eickelman is at center. NTEA business development director Doyle Sumrall gives his thumbs-up at far right.
The Time Is Right for Work Trucking Green With the price of oil again well above $100 per barrel and rising due to turmoil in supplier nations no one would have anticipated scant months ago, the national Truck Equipment Association seems to have had a crystal ball as it hosts its fourth Green Truck Summit, and the second co-organized with Calstart. Fleet operators no longer have just planet-saving for going green, as it’s clear that new technologies for saving fuel and allowing use of domestic alternatives, while
not at all cheap, now have a clear path for paying for themselves within the working lives of the people who make the decisions to buy them. Dozens of companies are promoting alternative fuel and fuel-saving hybrid and other technologies at this week’s Work Truck Show. Hybrid electrics, propane, lithium ion, natural gas, hydraulic hybrids, plug-ins... They’re all represented here. —more Green Truck Summit on pages 6-7
Hino’s Launching Its Hybrid Here The Prius of trucks? That may prove a little strong, but Toyota’s Hino Trucks is introducing a long-awaited hybrid truck here this afternoon. The dieselfueled Class 4/5 COE (cab-over-engine vehicle boasts an all-new design with a new and more powerful 4-cylinder J-Series engine of approximately 200 horsepower. The parallel hybrid electric drivetrain employs nickel metal hydride batteries – just like that Prius. Hino is at Booth 4131.