Trailers with Fuel-Saving Technology to Top 200,000 by 2017
ATDynamics, a leading supplier of semi-trailer aerodynamics technology, has indicated that based on current trucking fleet adoption trends, 200,000 semi-trailers will be equipped with fuel saving TrailerTail® technology by the end of 2017.
TrailerTail technology, which reduces aerodynamic drag at the back of tractor-trailers and improves vehicle fuel efficiency by approximately five percent, has been incorporated into three of the Department of Energy’s SuperTruck Projects.
“Fleet demand for TrailerTail equipment has surged and we are committed to ensuring that our customers achieve maximum fuel savings and carbon emission reductions,” noted Andrew Smith, CEO and Founder of ATDynamics.
ATDynamics, a Silicon Valley based clean tech company, launched the patented thermoplastic composite TrailerTail design in 2010. At present, 350 US trucking companies, including top 100 US fleets such as Mesilla Valley Transportation, Prime Inc., Roehl Transport and C.R. England, operate approximately 20,000 semi-trailers with TrailerTails.
Each installed TrailerTail offsets approximately the fuel consumption equivalent of removing one passenger vehicle from the road.
More at: www.atdynamics.com
Category: Cab, Trailer & Body New, General Update, Green
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