Fuel Type Considerations

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Designing vehicle specifications with energy efficiency in mind

While electrification has been front and center in regulations and headlines, choosing the most productive energy source depends on your operation’s specific needs as related to duty cycle, energy availability and...

April 17, 2025

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Understanding your commercial vehicle footprint — Optimizing energy use

Energy Information Administration (EIA) states: “Only about 12%–30% of the energy from the fuel you put in a conventional vehicle is used to move it down the road, depending on the drive cycle. The rest of the energy is...

April 1, 2025

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The future of EV and fuel cell propulsion technologies in the commercial vehicle space

While electric and fuel cell propulsion vehicles have similar principles, there are distinct differences that affect the initial growth, ramp-up and deployment of these technologies to the commercial vehicle market...

June 21, 2024

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Designing vehicle specifications with energy efficiency in mind

April 17, 2025

Whitepaper

Understanding your commercial vehicle footprint — Optimizing energy use

April 1, 2025

Association News

The future of EV and fuel cell propulsion technologies in the commercial vehicle space

June 21, 2024

Regulatory

Improvements for HD engine and vehicle fuel efficiency test procedures; other technical amendments

NHTSA issued final rule finalizing minor technical amendments to the test procedures for heavy-duty engines and vehicles to improve accuracy and reduce testing burden. These amendments affect the certification procedures...

March 15, 2024

Tech Connections

Understanding FMVSS 301: Fuel System Integrity for work trucks

We are a work truck upfitter that mounts bodies on many lighter truck chassis. We have questions on how to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 301: Fuel System Integrity. Can you help us understand our...

January 25, 2019

Tech Trends

Pickup box removal fuel fill systems: Fuel fill routes and hose material

For trucks with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less, the chassis OEMs have critical requirements the upfitter must meet when installing the fuel filler system in order to maintain compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...

February 5, 2014

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