ATDynamics Launches TrailerTail Rear-Drag Aerodynamics Technology in Europe to Reduce Trucking Industry Fuel Consumption by 3 Billion Liters per Year
TrailerTail Technology Projected to Save European Trucking Industry EUR 50 Billion in Fuel Costs and Reduce Transport Carbon Emissions by 90 Million Metric Tons Over Next Decade
(firmenpresse) - HANNOVER, GERMANY -- (Marketwire) -- 09/17/12 -- , the leading global supplier of semi-trailer rear-drag aerodynamics technology, announced today that it will provide its market-proven aerodynamics technology to the European trucking market. Ten thousand TrailerTails have operated 500 million kilometers on U.S. highways, saving the U.S. trucking industry seven million liters of diesel to date that would otherwise be wasted overcoming the aerodynamic drag experienced by box-shaped semi-trailers. ATDynamics is working with European regulators, trailer manufacturers and trucking fleets to ensure the compliance of maximum efficiency TrailerTail technology with EU highway regulations.
ATDynamics will demonstrate TrailerTail technology in booth # 25 A08 from September 18-27, 2012 at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (). The company is also hosting a press conference as follows:
ATDynamics: TrailerTail to Save Fuel for European Trucking Fleets
Date: Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Convention Center Messe Hannover, Room 107
ATDynamics is entering the European market with two TrailerTail technologies: a 50-centimeter device called TrailerTail "Eco 50" that will be compliant with European regulation Directive 97/27/EC, which is expected to be passed in November 2012 and the longer, safer and more efficient 122-centimeter device used in the United States, marketed as the "Eco 120" in Europe. ATDynamics is strongly encouraging European regulators to allow a minimum 122-centimeter length exemption for rear-mounted aerodynamic devices. ATDynamics estimates that the European continent would increase its fuel bill by EUR 2,6 billion annually by only permitting the 50-centimeter device. Pilot units are currently available to European trucking fleets.
"Building a sustainable global transportation system will require rapid innovation and significant international collaboration," said Andrew Smith, CEO of ATDynamics, Inc. "TrailerTail is a proven technology which can be implemented immediately by the international community and we look forward to continued work with trucking fleets, trailer manufacturers, regulators, environmental groups and safety advocates to re-invent the shape of the modern semi-trailer."
TrailerTails adopted on the two million long-haul semi-trailers operating across Europe would reduce transport carbon emissions by nine million metric tons annually and would save hauliers an estimated EUR 5 billion in diesel fuel per year. TrailerTails add additional safety benefits by improving vehicle stability in high winds, reducing spray in wet weather and creating a collapsible "crumple-zone" at the rear of trailers to reduce fatal rear-impact collisions.
The 122-centimeter TrailerTails have demonstrated five to seven percent fuel savings at highway speeds in multiple SAE Type 2 J1321 (Fuel Consumption Test Procedure) tests conducted by independent third party testing organizations in the United States. The fuel economy of ATDynamics' TrailerTail "Eco 120" was also tested in Europe earlier in 2012 through a partnership with TNT Express and leading Dutch trailer aerodynamics company, Ephicas, in which six percent fuel savings were reported over a five-month testing period.
Using a patented, origami folding design, TrailerTails collapse automatically out of the way when a driver opens the rear doors of a semi-trailer to access cargo. The devices are made of flexible, lightweight thermoplastic composite materials, can be installed by two people in less than one hour and are available for new trailers or retrofits. Drivers can collapse TrailerTails against the rear doors of a semi-trailer to eliminate additional vehicle length in high traffic areas.
ATDynamics is the leading global supplier of semi-trailer rear-drag aerodynamics technology. Its flagship rear-drag reduction technology, TrailerTail, was first released in 2008 and is part of a suite of products engineered to reduce the fuel consumption of the freight transportation industry. Based in Hayward, California, ATDynamics is the recipient of numerous innovation awards and is a founding member of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. ATDynamics is an affiliate of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership and is a key partner in the U.S. Department of Energy funded SuperTruck initiative. For more information visit: .
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Datum: 16.09.2012 - 22:01 Uhr
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