EPA reveals a new UPS hybrid hydraulic delivery truck
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been helping develop a new hybrid truck for UPS along with Eaton, International Truck and Engine ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has been helping develop a new hybrid truck for UPS along with Eaton, International Truck and Engine and teh US Army. The EPA revealed the new truck today. They replaced the trucks transmission with hydraulics and combining that with a low emission diesel engine.
The result: 60 to 70 percent savings on fuel use. Which means UPS will take less than three years to recover the $7,000 premium to outfit its trucks with new hydraulic hybrid system. Those savings come not only from reduced fuel costs, but savings on brake wear as well.
Hydraulic hybrid technology stores energy normally wasted in braking (a type of regenerative braking).
The result: 60 to 70 percent savings on fuel use. Which means UPS will take less than three years to recover the $7,000 premium to outfit its trucks with new hydraulic hybrid system. Those savings come not only from reduced fuel costs, but savings on brake wear as well.
Hydraulic hybrid technology stores energy normally wasted in braking (a type of regenerative braking).
