Consumers and car manufacturers have focused so much on the private sector of cars that they have forgotten the business side of the equation. Trucks need to be addressed as well, as they tend to be on the road more often and for a longer duration than traditional private cars. Trucks are next on the list to “green” and make more fuel efficient, but the real question is; when?

It is inferred that with the rising price of crude oil in the market, automobile and truck designers are now focusing on such developments. Since the rise of oil is unrelenting, it is also sure to twist the fiscally-savvy arms of the big companies that use trucking to transport their goods. By pushing for eco-friendly alternatives, companies can cut costs and lower their carbon footprint at the same time. In lackluster market times such as these, floundering businesses can use any advantage they can get. It makes it even better that the solution is eco-friendly!

“We are just now starting to see hybrid trucks coming into production,” said Richard Parish of the Hybrid Truck Users Forum, an organization partly supported by the US Army to develop the industry.

Compared to passenger cars, trucks operate for more hours a day at lower fuel efficiency, meaning hybrid technologies could offer greater cuts in fuel use and emissions per vehicle. “Hybrid trucks have developed slowly because the complexity of hybrid vehicles is a bad fit with the way trucks are built,” said Parish.

(Source) One India