Vehicle Lightweighting

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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

Vehicle overloading issues

Upfits by final-stage manufacturers and alterers involve the addition of permanently attached equipment. Properly certifying these vehicles to Canadian/Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (C/FMVSS) and emissions...

March 28, 2025

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The perils of vehicle overloading

Overloading a commercial vehicle, and exceeding the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), individual gross axle weight ratings (GAWRs) or gross combined weight rating (GCWR) can cause many issues, such as operational...

September 4, 2024

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Designing the optimal fleet

Getting a job done using the right tools is always the most efficient path. When it comes to fleet composition, having appropriate tools becomes a game changer for controlling costs and allowing operations to run at peak...

June 22, 2020

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Lightweighting benefits and considerations

With today’s driver requirements, such as electronic data loggers, some customers who traditionally use trucks with a 10,000-pound or greater GVWR are considering downsizing to vehicles less than 10,000 pounds GVWR while...

July 5, 2018

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Lightweighting for compliance

A customer who traditionally used a Class 3 truck — 10,001 to 14,000-pound GVWR — is now interested in a vehicle with a GVWR less than 10,000 pounds, while still carrying the same payload used in the Class 3 truck. As an...

November 23, 2016

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Lightweighting for compliance

While vehicle lightweighting can take different forms, such as using lighter materials and downsizing engines or rightsizing chassis, it is typically associated with the environmental benefits of reducing vehicle...

August 4, 2016

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Lightweighting for electric vehicles

Many fleets are adopting lightweighting as a solution to allow for moving down in vehicle class to a 10,000-pound or less GVWR. Modern EVs have been shown to have a heavier curb weight than an equivalent chassis with an...

March 20, 2023

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Lightweighting: Key considerations in greening vehicle fleets

Driver requirements and the evolution of electric vehicles and other green technologies, are causing our customers — who traditionally use trucks in the 10,000-pound and over GVWR range — to consider downsizing to trucks...

June 2, 2022

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