Another Step Forward For Alternate Energy Trucks?

Is This A Giant Leap In Alternate Energy Trucks and Car Haulers....Or Just Another Small Step?

In Fleetowner magazine Ecodual corporation has the EPA approval to put dual fuel systems in 29 different Cummins engines. Ecodual also has plans to release dual fuel systems for Paccar, Detroit Diesel, and Caterpillar engines

Sounds exciting. Is this the giant leap we have been waiting for that moves alternate energy as a majority play in the heavy duty truck market. One of the key signs of a product going mass market is when it begins to get distributed on a mass scale, thus its move into multiple types of engines.

I am not totally sold that this is that moment. I have not heard a lot of buzz about these conversion kits and how they are doing, both in getting people to buy them and then their performance on the road. Hopefully the next 12 to 24 months will give us that answer.

http://fleetowner.com/running-green/dual-fuel-system-provider-receives-ok-cummins-engines



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The Car Hauler Business In The Age Of The Driver Shortage

I am beginning to sound like a broken record. The driver shortage is a problem, not just for the car hauler industry but for all of trucking. On the car hauler side, it is inevitable there will probably be delays in shipping cars if there are not enough drivers to ship them. That is, of course, unless your willing to pay more for drivers.

This is the dilemma. The government wants drivers:

• who are healthier
• who are high performers
• who are safe
• who have good track records
• who are professional
• who only work a given number of hours
• who spend thousands more for emissions friendly vehicles

And I say that is great..but what are you going to do to get enough drivers on the road to replace those who have flunked out or left the industry.

This is the question with some possible scenarios

1. Driver pay COULD get outrageously high
2. The price of goods could skyrocket
3. People will have to pick up their own goods
4. Goods just wont sell or get moved since shipping them makes them cost prohibitive
5. A combination of the above

 The time to start thinking about the impact of this shortage is now

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=30345&t=Driver-Shortage-Requires-Industry-Action-Experts-Say

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