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Market for heavy duty hybrids drives Eaton expansion

Aug 26th 2008 5:27PM - 0 Comments

With the cost of diesel still sky high, there is a lot of interest in heavy duty hybrids these days and Eaton Corp. is well positioned to take advantage of the market opportunity. With big truck brands like Peterbilt using their hybrid drivetrains ...

UPS orders up hydraulic hybrids from Eaton

Oct 29th 2008 8:47AM - 7 Comments

While UPS is one of the companies that will test a hydraulic hybrid vehicle (HHV) from Hybra-Drive sometime next year, it has already done testing with a similar type truck from Eaton. The initial 18-month trial saw upwards of 50 percent less fuel ...

Eaton confirms order from Coke for 120 hybrid trucks

Feb 28th 2008 5:18PM - 0 Comments

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Coca_Cola_goes_green_2'; Eaton Corporation has confirmed that Coca-Cola Enterprises has placed the largest single order to date for trucks using the company's hybrid system. Coca-Cola will be purchasing 120 of ...

Eaton launches production of medium duty truck hybrid systems

Aug 12th 2007 7:08PM - 0 Comments

Eaton Corporation has launched production of their new hybrid drive powertrain for medium trucks. Several hundred of the units will be built this year for installation starting in 2008 by truck makers like International, Peterbilt, Kenworth and ...

Eaton will start production of hybrid drive system for medium duty trucks

Feb 10th 2007 11:40AM - 0 Comments

Eaton Corp. has been developing a hybrid drive-train system targeted at medium duty delivery trucks for the past seven years. Eaton has now decided to begin full scale production of the system. There are currently 167 FedEx, UPS and other trucks ...

Peterbilt, Eaton and Wal-Mart partner on diesel-electric hybrid truck

Mar 17th 2007 5:21PM - 5 Comments

Wal-Mart has made its intentions very clear to reduce the fuel bill of its massive truck fleet by improving efficiency. We've talked a couple of times about their plans and the latest news is that advanced hybrid technologies jointly developed by ...

Peterbilt shows off medium-duty hybrid truck

Nov 8th 2006 10:09AM - 1 Comment

Peterbilt says its new Class 7 hybrid medium-duty truck is good for a 30 to 40 percent reduction in fuel consumption. The company will show off a production-representative model at the Hybrid Truck Users Forum this month in San Diego. The Model 335 ...

Freightliner will show off new diesel hybrid technology next month

Jan 13th 2007 4:52PM - 2 Comments

A medium-duty walk-in van with diesel-electric hybrid technology will be displayed and available for first drives in the next couple months. The new van chassis from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. was developed along with Eaton and Detroit ...

Things go better with Coca-Cola hybrids

Aug 2nd 2008 5:01PM - 4 Comments

As part of its ongoing efforts to green its delivery fleet, Coca-Cola is adding 10 heavy duty hybrid trucks to its South Florida operations. Its national goal of 120 vehicles appears to have increased to 142 according to an article in the Miami ...

Waste Management tries out hydraulic hybrids

Nov 17th 2008 8:58AM - 6 Comments

Waste Management, the garbage-collecting giant, is adding 4 hydraulic hybrids to its Fort Worth fleet for a bit of field testing. The trucks, which were launched about 6 months ago, are from Peterbilt and use the Eaton Hydraulic Launch Assist (HLA) ...

Freightliner's ecoFRED motorhome chassis now ready for orders

Dec 10th 2009 1:58PM - 2 Comments

Freightliner is now taking orders for its new ecoFred motorhome chassis, the first of its kind in the large RV market. The new chassis uses a Cummins 6.7-liter diesel inline-6 with an Eaton automated-manual transmission. In between the ...

Miller industries debuts hybrid recovery truck at Daytona 500

Mar 1st 2009 5:30PM - 2 Comments

The racers competing on the track in NASCAR events may still be the cars of yesteryear when it comes to technology, but there was one bit of green on the track for the season opener at Daytona last week. Miller Industries provided a flat-bed race ...

Freightliner introduces first hybrid truck for HazMat transport

May 20th 2009 6:04PM - 4 Comments

Daimler Truck North America's Freightliner division has collaborated with Eaton to produce the first hybrid truck for hazardous material transport. The first Freightliner Business Class M2e is going to propane distribution company Pennington Gas ...

Guangzhou's Armada buys 207 hybrid buses

Apr 17th 2008 7:39PM - 1 Comment

Armada, an "integrated group mainly engaged in bus tourism" with more than 5,500 buses running, is going to purchase 207 hybrid Eaton buses. The buses come from the same company that recently signed a large deal with Coca Cola. The powertrain is made ...

Freightliner launches hybrid motorhome chassis

Dec 4th 2008 9:41AM - 2 Comments

At the National RV trade show, Freightliner Custom Chassis is introducing what is claimed to be the first hybrid electric Class A motorhome chassis. The ecoFRED (not a typo) chassis is equipped with Eaton's heavy duty hybrid electric system. ...

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