Companies to display 23 green work trucks in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Ind. – Truck manufacturers will display 23 sustainable technology commercial vehicles next month at the Work Truck Show 2014, an annual event run by the NTEA, the Association for the Work Truck Industry.

Every vehicle is available for test-drives on city streets and in a new closed-access course. This year’s lineup includes trucks, shuttle buses and vans powered by the latest alternative fuel and hybrid systems.

The Work Truck Show 2014 runs March 5–7 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Educational programming, including the Green Truck Summit, begins March 4.

“Instead of trying to find time throughout the year to research and test-drive new vehicles, Work Truck Show attendees can try out 23 of the latest cutting edge alternative fuel and hybrid systems at the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive,” says Bob Johnson, NTEA director of fleet relations.

Alternative fuel and fuel-saving systems represented at the show include bi-fuel, compressed natural gas (CNG), electric hybrid, high-efficiency diesel, hydraulic hybrid, plug-in electric, and propane autogas.

The vehicles included in the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive are:

• Allison Transmission
  Shuttle bus with parallel electric hybrid transmission system
• Altec Industries
  Aerial device with plug-in hybrid energy management system
• AMP Trucks/Workhorse
  Electric walk-in van
• Boulder Electric Vehicle
  Plug-in electric van
• Crosspoint Kinetics
  Parallel electric hybrid shuttle bus
• ECHO Automotive Inc.
  Plug-in electric hybrid van
• Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation
  Ultra-clean high-efficiency diesel walk-in van
• Freightliner Trucks
  Natural gas dump truck
• Hino Trucks
  Two electric hybrid cab-over trucks
• IMPCO Automotive
  Bi-fuel CNG sedan
• International Truck
  Plug-in electric tractor
• Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc.
  CNG N-Series truck
• Kenworth Truck Co.
  CNG roll-off straight truck
• Lightning Hybrids
  Hydraulic hybrid shuttle bus
• Odyne Systems LLC
  Plug-in parallel electric hybrid truck
• Peterbilt Motors Company
  CNG day cab tractor
• Ram Commercial
  CNG pickup
• ROUSH CleanTech
  Liquid propane autogas pickup
• Vanair Manufacturing Inc.
  Vehicle with diesel idle management system
• VIA Motors Inc.
  Electric pickup
• XL Hybrids
  Hybrid electric cargo van
• Zenith Motors
  Electric cargo van

Participants can drive the traditional course that follows city streets around the Convention Center, or they can take the vehicles into a reserved section of the Indianapolis Zoo parking lot nearby. The new section also allows individuals without a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to test drive trucks requiring one.

To register for The Work Truck Show 2014, visit www.ntea.com or call 1-800-441-6832.

Source: NTEA