The Green Truck Association announced the formation of three technology councils to better represent specific segments within the green truck industry. The GTA Technology Councils include:
• Sustainable Integration Technology Council: Advances the integration of, and resolves the technical communications for, upfitters of green technologies within the work truck industry;
• Lightweight Materials Technology Council: Brings together work truck professionals, technical experts and government representatives as a means to compile information about the development and usage of lightweight materials in the manufacture, specification and operation of truck equipment and related accessories for fuel efficiency, as well as vehicle “right sizing,” carbon reduction, operational longevity, recycling, general mass-compounding and increased payload; and
• Vehicle Electrification Technology Council: Explores potential efficiency and performance benefits of vehicle electrification, and provides a mechanism for identifying and promoting useful electrification technologies within the work truck market. To help facilitate increased adoption of work truck electrification technologies, the VETC facilitates education, works to remove road blocks and resolves identified issues.
Green Truck Association forms technology councils
