It seems that last year’s oppressively high fuel prices are behind us, at least for the near-term. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuel Data Center projects 2023 and 2024 fuel averages below 2022 levels.
The electric truck conversation tends to focus on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), but there has been some activity in hydrogen fuel cells, especially for heavy duty applications.
Premier fuel systems manufacturers Transfer Flow revealed a gasoline high-capacity replacement fuel tank. The tank is for 2020-22 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty short bed, crew cab pickups with 6.2L and 7.3L engines.
Tier 4 diesel engine increases run time, fuel efficiency
December 3, 2018
As global energy markets undergo significant transition, Aggreko recently launched a new line of CARB and EPA-certified Tier 4 Final diesel and electric compressors that are compliant with the strictest emissions standards in North America, the company says.
As a small company growing at 20 percent a year in a narrowly specialized segment of the beverage distribution business, Nampa, Idaho-based Idaho Springs Water succeeds by controlling costs in every corner of its fleet operations, including vehicle acquisition and maintenance, routing optimization, and fuel costs.
As the product mix handled by most distributors continues to grow, so, too, have the market niches for which a distributor needs to create a diverse range of marketing messages and effective methods to deliver those messages. Vehicle graphics continue to deliver locally targeted messages to a large and diverse audience.
In today’s business world, the toughest expenses to plan for are the direct and indirect costs that arise from meeting regulations and the instability of this environment.
There’s gas as in gasoline, and then there’s gas as in propane, often referred to as “autogas” by fuel industry insiders. In many applications, propane can deliver measurable cost savings compared with conventional gasoline and diesel powertrains.
It’s fairly common in business, psychology and elsewhere to incentivize the type of behavior one desires. Within the beverage industry, sales and marketing departments rely on numerous incentive programs, both internally with staff and externally with retailers.