Volvo to display new aerodynamic and safety features at GATS

Volvo offers sleeper tractors designed to meet the standards of the U.S. EPA’s Certified SmartWay program. This Volvo VN 780 has the aerodynamic features, US’07 engine and other components required for the SmartWay designation. Volvo will have two SmartWay compliant tractors on display at the 2007 Great American Trucking Show. (Courtesy Volvo Trucks North America)

The Trucker News Services

8/22/2007

DALLAS — Volvo Trucks North America reports the company recently added several new options and features to its trucks to further enhance their productivity, increase uptime and increase fuel economy.  The new components will be on display at the Volvo booth at the Great American Truck Show (GATS) in Dallas, August 23-25.

Also at GATS, Volvo will display two Volvo VNs equipped to meet the requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program for tractors.  A Volvo VN 780 with a full-height sleeper and a VN 730 mid-roof sleeper will be used to show attendees the enhanced aerodynamics and other fuel-saving strategies used to achieve EPA’s Certified SmartWay designation for highway sleeper tractors.

Volvo says customers are able to specify a SmartWay-eligible tractor component package when ordering their trucks.  The required components are identified in Volvo’s truck ordering system so that carriers participating in the SmartWay program can ensure their new trucks qualify for EPA’s public designation.

Among the components are aerodynamic fairings for mid-roof tractors; a tire pressure monitoring system; light-emitting diodes (LED) side repeater; and marker lamps and mirrors with integrated high-intensity LED turn signals.