robo-trucks Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:36:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 In Japan, Four Robo-Trucks See 15% Increase in Fuel Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/in-japan-four-robo-trucks-see-15-increase-in-fuel-efficiency-20130305/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/in-japan-four-robo-trucks-see-15-increase-in-fuel-efficiency-20130305/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:36:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34453 In a recent experiment involving four robo-trucks in Japan, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization [NEDO] was able to realize a 15% increase in fuel efficiency. One way to increase fuel efficiency is to reduce drag, which is why design engineers put so much into smoothing out the lines on fuel efficient and […]

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