If Volvo Trucks is successful with field tests of methane-diesel engines they have put into the transport trucks of a few Swedish road freight firms they do business with, you'll probably see trucks with the new engines on ocean-going automobile carriers sitting in North America ports in the future. The engines under test run on a combination of diesel oil and methane that according to Volvo Trucks has benefits over the traditional gas or diesel engines that includes using a lot less fuel than a normal gas powered engine and a decrease in expected costs that will be required to keep the trucks operating efficiently. The driver will also have the ability to run the truck on diesel, if a methane station isn't near by, which could be a consideration if we eventually do see vehicles with diesel-methane engines on ocean-going auto transport carriers sitting in American ports, considering the lack of infrastructure for distributing methane.
Currently Volvo Trucks has placed trucks with the new engines with seven firms, but an eighth truck is expected to be placed with a trucking firm shortly. They haven't announced any other planned placing of additonal trucks with Swedish trucking firms, but if the first trials go as good as expected, we can certainly expect to hear more about diesel-methane engines in Volvo trucks. In a few years we could be looking back on this time as the beginning of a revolution in the freight and trucking industry that will be thought of as an every day thing and seeing a vehicle carrier carrying a load of trucks with diesel-methane engines normal traveling down the highway.
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