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Wheel hub innovation saves 3-7% fuel consumption in truck test | Fersa's FE (fuel efficient) wheel hubs reduced real-world fuel consumption by at least 3% across a range of different truck designs and use cases
Over a year and a million kilometers' worth of real-world testing has returned impressive results for Spanish company Fersa's "fuel efficient wheel hub," which cuts fuel burn by at least 3% and saves operators around US$3,500 per truck per year.
Logistics companies spend insane amounts of money on fuel each year – it's a huge line item in fleet-wide operational expenses. So it's a bit of a head-scratcher that something as fundamental as the wheel hub assembly remains so poorly optimized that Fersa can waltz in with a replacement and immediately chop between 3% and 7.3% off your fuel bills. Still ... “Every percentage of fuel savings translates into tangible cost reductions at our scale of operations,” comments Carlos Giner, Corporate Director of Transport at Sesé, which runs a fleet of more than 3,000 trucks and which participated in the hub trial.
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