WalMart Stores Inc. announced it will test two new types of heavy-duty commercial hybrid trucks and two different alternatively fueled heavy- duty trucks as a part of the company's efforts to build on its progress in developing a more sustainable trucking fleet.
The new trucks include a full-propulsion ArvinMeritor hybrid that will initially operate in the Detroit area. This dual-mode diesel- electric hybrid is believed to be the first vehicle of its type. Also, fifteen trucks operating in the Buckeye, Ariz. distribution center near Phoenix, will be converted to run on Reclaimed Grease Fuel, made with the waste brown cooking grease from WalMart stores.
In addition, the remaining trucks located in the Buckeye distribution center will operate on an 80/20 blend of biodiesel made of reclaimed yellow waste grease. Five Peterbilt Model 386 heavy-duty hybrid trucks with diesel-electric hybrid power systems developed by Eaton Corp. and PAC- CAR, will be based in Dallas, Houston, Apple Valley, Calif., Atlanta and the Washington/ Baltimore regions. Four Peterbilt Model 386 trucks and one yard truck, which operates only on the distribution center property, will operate on liquid natural gas.
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