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Budweiser Puts Its Diesel Trucks Out To Pasture
2014-09-13 04:23:12| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Anheuser-Buschs goal is to reduce emissions and fuel costs, while doing something green(ish) and has announced that it is going to replace all 66 of the heavy duty trucks at its Houston brewery, with 66 new trucks, that instead run on compressed natural gas. The trucks in its existing fleet are not old or falling apart - they are tough, reliable diesel-powered workhorses that pull 53-foot trailers loaded with 50,000 pounds of beer. Each truck rolls virtually around the clock putting in an average of 140,000 miles in a single year hauling beer to wholesalers. They move seventeen million barrels of beer each year. READ MORE about this decision The Article Budweiser Puts Its Diesel Trucks Out To Pasture appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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