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Waste Management tries out hydraulic hybrids

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) system to store much of the energy used in braking to help launch the vehicle forward when its time to go again. Not only can the truck reduce its fuel use up to 30 percent, according to William Jackson of Peterbilt, but the hydraulic innovation can double the life of the brakes and greatly reduce ... Read more →

Peterbilt hybrid truck delivers the good stuff Domenick Yoney

Peterbilt has announced that it has delivered its first medium duty hybrid truck to a lucky customer. VinLux Fine Wine Transport received the vehicle at a Hybrid Vehicle Ride and Drive event in Napa, ...

Peterbilt unveils new hydraulic hybrid garbage truck Alex Nunez

Click image to enlarge Stop. Pick-up. Go. Repeat. This is the routine your sanitation and recycling trucks follow as they go about their daily rounds, relieving us of the astonishing amount of junk ...

Peterbilt builds electric and hydraulic hybrids Domenick Yoney

Big serious trucks are not usually what comes to mind when you think of the word "hybrid" but in a world of $100+ barrels of light sweet crude, Peterbilt is putting out some products that may change ...

PACCAR to use urea injection and EGR to clean up emissions Sam Abuelsamid

Most people probably don't know the name PACCAR but they've surely seen Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF. Those are three of the biggest medium and heavy duty truck brands on the market . The smoky ...

Wal-Mart receives its first Peterbilt hybrid big rig 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Wal_Mart_gets_first_hybrid_big_rig_from_Peterbuilt'; Retail giant Wal-Mart has taken delivery of its (and the industry's) first hybrid Class 8 big rig. The Peterbilt Model 386 Hybrid is the result of a partnership between Peterbuilt and Eaton, latter ...

Peterbilt, Eaton and Wal-Mart partner on diesel-electric hybrid truck 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 Motors Company and Eaton Corporation have ...

Peterbilt shows off medium-duty hybrid truck 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 will be in limited production and will use a ...


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