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Winter Haven,FL,USA -Fleet Owner -Nov 29, 2010: -- Indian River Transport, a privately owned food-grade carrier based in Florida, will outfit a new order of tractors with the Bendix ESP electronic stability program... The carrier will include the system on all of its planned purchases of 350 Peterbilt 386 and Volvo VN Series tractors. Indian River currently runs 470 tractors and 600 trailers... Bendix ESP includes both roll and directional stability, according to the manufacturer. It recognizes and mitigates conditions that could lead to rollover and loss-of-control situations on a wide range of road conditions, Bendix said, including snow and ice-covered roadways... (Photo from automotivesupplier: Bendix Active Safety Solutions)
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner -Nov 29, 2010: -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and National Grid have opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Albany, NY, that will serve both the general public and National Grid’s fleet... Supported by more than $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Clean Cities funding National Grid is expanding its clean vehicle capacity with the purchase of 33 compressed natural gas vehicles (CNG) and the opening of two new CNG fueling stations in Albany and Syracuse... These investments will help reduce tailpipe emissions from National Grid’s corporate vehicle fleet and offer motorists in the public access to fueling stations. National Grid’s natural gas fueling station is one of twelve projects in New York State’s Capital Region receiving federal ARRA support... (Photo from apachecorp: Apache is equipping more than 40 of its field vehicles to use CNG)
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Nov 29, 2010: ... While governments have not yet proposed financial incentives to encourage the public to invest in advanced safety systems, many countries have set goals to reduce traffic accidents – and keeping drivers alert has the potential to make a difference in those crash calculations... Larry Fisher, ABI’s research director-NextGen, told FleetOwner that a wide variety of active safety and driver assistance systems – such as lane departure warning and active braking technologies – are making steady progress down the long migration path from high-end exclusivity to mass-market appeal as a way to enhance existing safety and/or convenience for both commercial fleets and everyday motorists... As advanced sensor-based devices such as radar and cameras are introduced, however, the challenge for manufacturers will be to deliver as much added value from these components as possible, said Fisher... Fisher also pointed out that ABI’s study indicates data analysis-based systems will lead the market for driver-monitoring features, at least through 2015... (Photo from wikipedia/common: LS driver monitoring system)
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