[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Trailer side skirts and various types of air deflectors, which are intended to boost a tractor-trailer’s aerodynamic efficiency, will ...

If you think your average annual gas bill is expensive, imagine how much the shipping industry spends to ship all forms of goods around the globe with its fleets of massive trucks. The Mercedes-Benz ...

Sammamish, WA-based Freight Wing is launching a new aerodynamic system to help improve the fuel efficiency of trailers. The company developed the device after recieving a grant from the U.S.

FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport Group has released results of fuel economy testing conducted with trailer side skirt and undercarriage aerodynamic technologies. Results show the side ...

Trailer aerodynamic packages have been battling for acceptance for many years. Despite documented fuel savings by independent labs and fleets themselves, however, widespread adoption was still waiting ...

Advanced-technology trailer on display at a trucking show has nose fairings, side skirts, and (not visible) rear fairings. Graphics show the fleets participating in NACFE’s studies; they also buy and ...

Bridging the disconnect between trailer manufacturers and OEMs when it comes to combination aerodynamics, Daimler on Tuesday, Sept. 18, launched its “Aerodynamics Truck & Trailer” initiative ...

Have fleets moved past being skeptical of add-on devices aimed at increasing aerodynamics and fuel economy? Mitch Greenberg, chief commercial officer for SmartTruck Systems, says they have, and ...

General Motors was recently granted a patent associated with a ride-height dependent control system for air deflectors, along with methods for manipulating the manner in which air travels through, ...

State’s new regs, along with nationwide fuel prices, are driving sales of trailer aero devices. For van trailer owners who run in California, the big one is coming Jan. 1, 2013. No, it’s not a ...