bio-based diesel

Optimus Technologies and B100 making fleets cleaner and more efficient

On a recent episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Matt McLelland, VP of sustainability and innovation at Covenant, and Colin Huwyler, CEO of Optimus Technologies, spoke with FreightWaves’ Timothy Dooner about the impact of biodiesel and what the election results mean for clean fuels.

Optimus Technologies builds fuel systems upgrades, including hardware and software that integrate onto existing engines or are installed on newly manufactured trucks. After the upgrade, the engines are able to run on 100%...

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Renewable Energy Group changing industry’s carbon footprint

Pressure is mounting for fleet owners to curb carbon emissions as the transportation sector accounted for about 27% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. 

But how? What needs to change?

Todd Ellis, vice president of sales at Renewable Energy Group (REG), believes the answer is simple: renewable fuels.

“The solution that is available today at scale is bio-based diesel,” said Ellis, noting during an episode of FreightWaves’ WHAT THE TRUCK?!? that...

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