Goal: Reduce Emissions
LOCAL COMPANIES TESTING ALTERNATIVE FUELS, HYBRID ENGINES
Posted: April 25, 2010 at 5:47 a.m.
Allen McGaugh, trailer mechanic with Willis Shaw Express, repairs a water pump on the engine to a refrigeration unit on a trailer Thursday at the company’s Elm Springs maintenance yard. Willis Shaw is purchasing newer, lighter-weight trailers that will use less fuel.
Walmart and J.B. Hunt Transport Services are using clout and economies of scale to test alternative fuels and hybrid engines.
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Business, Pages 19 on 04/25/2010
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