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Weight-Reduction Technologies News

Tesla and Toyota's diverging paths in lightweight engineering
Automotive manufacturers are intensifying efforts to integrate lightweight materials into vehicle design, aiming to improve fuel economy, reduce emissions, and enhance electric vehicle performance ...

Heavy-Duty Steer Axle Components Market Advances as Fleet Uptime, Steering Precision, and Front Axle Durability Become Strategic Priorities
Fleet operators increasingly recognize that steer axle performance has a direct impact on vehicle uptime and operating costs. Steering looseness, misalignment, or excessive component wear can result ...

Trucking Efficiency Roundup: Fleet electrification grows as OptiGrid, Vanair, Workhorse expand power and EV trucks
OptiGrid recently began manufacturing its Reservoir DC fast chargers in Kansas City, Kansas, marking a transition from design to commercial deployment. Production at Orange EV’s 440,000-sq.-ft.

Quantifying the impact of fleet planning re-optimization on truck electrification in distribution logistics
Electrifying heavy-duty truck fleets is critical for decarbonization, yet several cutting-edge approaches are based on historical diesel plans which do not account for electric truck characteristics.

Work Truck Week 2026 Drives Vehicle Innovation
Work Truck Week, the annual weeklong focus on innovation and technology in the commercial vehicle and truck industries, takes place March 10-13, 2026, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, ...

ZM Trucks Says Its Electric Vehicles Beat Diesel Fleets
America’s tax credit for electric vehicles expires at the end of September 2025. The charging infrastructure is not adequate to support previous EV ambitions, and on-again-off-again tariffs and ...