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Study Concludes That Class 8 Truck Fuel Consumption Could Be Reduced By Up to 50% By 2017 Using Existing and Emerging Technologies; Current Payback Requirements Could Forestall Implementation

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mpg and projected to rise modestly to 6.8 mpg by 2025 (EIA, 2009). SwRI did not consider technologies that are not currently in production or for which a design specification is not available in the literature; as a result there is likely additional potential for reduction with more advanced technologies yet to be as developed.

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