Turn off the engine. Drivers should avoid excessive warm-up times when starting the truck, even for a short time. Look for other times when drivers have a habit of idling.
Turn off the engine. Drivers should avoid excessive warm-up times when starting the truck, even for a short time. Look for other times when drivers have a habit of idling.
Adjust shifting patterns. Download engine data to compare shifting behaviors – rpms at shift point – to the optimal rpm “torque bands†for your engine. Adjusting your shifting to fit the engine’s make and model can make a big difference. Every 1,000-rpm reduction in engine speed delivers a 1 percent fuel economy gain.
Investigate traffic problems, and plan around them. Slow traffic not only sucks hours from a driver’s on-duty time, it also requires more deceleration and acceleration, which requires more fuel. Check state U.S. Department of Transportation Websites for potential construction projects and traffic on a route.
Automotive Logistics Magazine – Although Toyota has roared back to the top of the global sales chart, driven by recovery in North America and Asia, a European market in its fifth consecutive year of decline has left the manufacturer’s volume in the region close to 40% lower than its 2007 peak. While Toyota Motor Europe […]
Automotive Logistics Magazine – Mazda will build a Toyota sub-compact vehicle based on its own Mazda2 platform at the Mexican plant it is currently building in Salamanca, in the central state of Guanajuato, due for completion in 2014. It is the first time that Mazda has built a vehicle for its rival. Mazda said the […]
Automotive Logistics Magazine – Workers across Southern Europe are staging a coordinated general strike today that has shut car production plants, halted transport links and grounded flights across the region. The action is also hitting ports and customs offices.
Wards Auto – They tried to be something other than vehicle manufacturing companies. When they focused on being banks and mortgage lenders and impressing Wall Street, they took their eye off the ball of their core business. Design faltered, quality slipped and market share skidded. Disaster ensued.
The Detroit News – Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to pay $25.5 million to settle claims from shareholders who said they were harmed by the Japanese automaker’s recall for unintended acceleration of millions of vehicles in 2009-10, court documents filed Tuesday show.
Information that will help you be better prepared properly to operate commercial vehicles with and porviced you with a general understanding of the regulations that apply to the operarion of commercial vehicles.