10 mpg- Cummins-Peterbilt ‘SuperTruck’ Passes Important Milestone

Heck we are at 35,000 empty if they want a true test load that puppy with 48,000 of pipe and run that same route and then have a true MPH test

 

in Europe the Trucks have 10 Mpg with full load(80K AND MORE),and you can buy now this Trucks without Problems

 

10.7 MPG after 38 million ? Big deal ! Avg for last 1200 some odd gallons.

 

So then why don't we use them here?

 

Wow, delusional obsession with the Koch Brothers much? WTF do they have to do with ANY of this? Nothing.
This thing is a joke, not real world tested, therefore their claims are junk. Never mind the pile of money wasted on it to achieve something that could have easily already been done. I'll bet that an identical truck with a pre emissions motor , DD12.7 for example, it would likely get well over 12mpg. And for their money savings claims, lets not forget the constant downtime and unreliability of this and the emissions wonder trucks= less profit.

 

Their aerodynamic mods do look interesting, particularly the trailer skirts over the wheels, and the splitter thing at the front bumper. Think I'd try my hand at a few of those mods if I had an aero truck.

 

52 mph speed limiters and the biggest difference is they have minimum 52 cetane fuel that I would love to get some here in the USA compared to our 40 cetane pure crap diesel fuel.

 

Plus the fact that they (pre-euro6) favoured downstream emissions gear (scr) over EGR

 

52mph omg...

 

THE Truckdrivers work for Hours,and not for miles,this is the big difference_