Spending on Idle-Reduction Systems Rising, ATRI Says
he trucking industry has already spent $8.8 million in idle-reduction technologies, and over the next five years will spend at least $56 million more to further deploy such systems, according to a new report by the American Transportation Research Institute.
ATRI on Monday released released results of the report, “Idle Reduction Technology Fleet Preferences Survey,” detailing several idling-related topics, including current and future planned use idle reduction systems.
The study, which includes data on more than 55,000 trucks, is available on ATRI's Web site under the "Environmental Factors" section at www.atri-online.org.
“With the trucking industry having spent an unprecedented $87.7 billion on fuel last year, companies are taking a closer look at technologies which can reduce fuel consumption,” he said in a statement.
The technologies that companies have already spent money on include direct-fired heaters, auxiliary power units and generator sets and battery-powered air conditioners, ATRI said.
The results were released at American Trucking Associations’ winter leadership meeting in Tampa, Fla.
ATRI, a not-for-profit research organization research arm of the trucking industry, is an affiliate of ATA.
