STEP

Shorepower adds locations

Overdrive Staff | November 05, 2012

Shorepower Technologies has added electric plug-in power pedestals to 17 more truckstops. White’s Travel Center in Raphine, Va., located at I-81/64, Exit 205, is the latest truckstop with electrification. White’s sister location, Lee Hi Travel ...

Industry briefs

Four more truck stops get electrification

Overdrive Staff | June 30, 2012

Plug-in-power stations have been installed at four truck stops: Southern Pride Truck Plaza at Exit 16 on I-24 at Paducah, Ky.; Big Easy Travel Plaza at Exit 239 on I-10 in New Orleans.; The Tennessean ...

Industry briefs

Three Midwest truckstops add Shorepower

Overdrive Staff | April 23, 2012

Shorepower Technologies has added its services, which lets drivers plug in to grid power instead of idling, to three truckstops: Sapp Bros Travel Center, at Exit 440 on Interstate 80 in Omaha, Neb.; Broadway Flying ...

News

Shoemaker’s offers electrified parking spots

Overdrive Staff | September 05, 2011

Shoemaker's Travel Center on I-80 in Lincoln, Neb., is the latest truck stop to add electrification by offering 24 electrified parking spaces. Shoemaker’s has signed up the national Shorepower Truck Electrification Project program funded by the ...

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LogBook

Overdrive Staff | September 01, 2011

New regs will increase truck cost The first-ever regulation for truck fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is expected to cut diesel use by 4 gallons per 100 miles traveled by the time 2018 models are ...

Channel 19

Electrification of truck stop spaces revives

Todd Dills | August 30, 2011

As fuel prices spiked in 2007-08, a large majority of truckers' anti-idling interest was focused on dedicated auxiliary power units, which market expanded dramatically with a profusion of new manufacturers. This time around, with the ...

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Electrified truck stop opens

Overdrive Staff | July 28, 2011

Electrification services are available at the Baker City, Ore. Truck Corral, the first truck stop location as part of the national STEP (Shorepower Truck Electrification Project) program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. This is ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: Wreck frequency varies widely by state

Where is a collision with a heavy-duty truck most likely to happen? That dubious distinction goes to New Jersey. Find full state rankings in this first installment in our May 2013 Part 3 CSA's Data Trail coverage.