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Truckers Switch Gears Toward Fuel Efficiency

5/21/08

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If you think gas is expensive, be thankful you're not a trucker. Filling up an 18-wheel, 80,000-pound leviathan can top $1,300 these days.

Because of short supply, the price of diesel has risen more than twice as much as gasoline in the past year, reaching an all time high of $4.33 a gallon last week. With little hope of a near-term decline — oil hit a record $129.07 a barrel Tuesday — the run-up is causing panic and prompting radical cultural and technological shifts in the struggling trucking industry.

Instead of obsessing over chrome trim or the latest cab amenities to ease life on the road, truck owners and operators fed up with getting 5 miles per gallon are delving into long-ignored subjects like aerodynamics, slower cruising speeds and more efficient tires.

Engineers and manufacturers furiously are developing new fuel-friendly technology. And commercial fleets are using high-tech software to calculate every aspect of their drivers' routes, down to where they should fill up and where they should stop for the night.
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-t...,4135873.story

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