The North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) Run on Less – Messy Middle will be held in September and will feature four different powertrain solutions: diesel, natural gas, battery electric and hydrogen fuel cells.
The event will track trucks from three different fleets in each of the powertrain categories.
“We chose to focus this Run on the messy middle and specifically on long-haul, return-to-base and over-the-road duty cycles because it is the largest emitting market segment and there is confusion surrounding it,” said Mike Roeth, executive director, in a news release.
“By having trucks with a variety of powertrains, we will be able to capture real-world data and bring some clarity to the long-haul portion of the messy middle.”
NACFE is talking to fleets to find the right combination of participants, to have an accurate representation of what is currently happening in the trucking industry. NACFE will announce fleet participants in the spring and then will visit each of the 12 fleet locations shortly thereafter.
13-session bootcamp
As in the past, each truck in the Run will be outfitted with Geotab telematics devices. Geotab is the official data partner for the 2025 Run on Less – Messy Middle. In addition, the Run on Less website will be updated and once again contain fleet profiles, stories from the Run videos and a dashboard that will track various metrics.
Beginning in February, NACFE will conduct a 13-session bootcamp in conjunction with Run on Less – Messy Middle.
Three sessions will focus on diesel and natural gas vehicles, three on battery electric vehicles and three on hydrogen. There will be a unit recap workshop after each set of technology sessions and a close out session at the end that will focus on other fuel-efficiency technologies.
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