Results from the testing demonstrate that in approximately 90% of runs through the snowy conditions under study, VMF should operate successfully, or pause and resume travel within acceptable shipper delivery windows.
Formally called low-mu testing, this type of powertrain evaluation looks at how the all-electric powertrain adjusts power delivery to the wheels on low-traction surfaces.
Nearly 50 Toyota and Lexus vehicles for the North American market have been tested at the Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds since it opened in 1993, including the new 2022 Tundra.
With this new collaboration, both companies look to expand advanced, electrified drive systems to further zero-emissions development.
The 2021 F-150 Police Responder recorded faster 0-60 mph, 0-100 mph, and quarter-mile times than any other police vehicle in recent tests by the Michigan State Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
MVTS measured fuel savings with Eco Cap aerodynamic wheel covers from Eco Flaps.
The world will get its first look at the all-new Western Star vocational truck on Sept. 29, 2020.
Locomation will test at the Transportation Research Center to advance its autonomous truck-platooning platforms alongside TRC’s research and development team.
At the Work Truck Show, Allison Transmission announced a new Vehicle Environmental Test Center in Indianapolis and that the new Mack medium-duty trucks will have Allison transmissions as standard.
Mercedes-Benz has been testing its all-electric eActros commercial trucks in real-world usage for about a year. So far, it has received positive feedback for using the electric vehicles in short range distribution applications.
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