The North American Council for Freight Efficiency released its 2017 Annual Fleet Fuel Study,
finding that overall fuel economy rose 1% in 2016, the ninth year in a row trucking fleets in the
study have recorded an increase. NACFE’s study covered 19 fleets operating more than 71,000
tractors and 234,000 trailers, with two new fleets being added for this sixth annual report: Mesilla
Valley Transportation and U.S. Xpress. Combined, these fleets reached an average fleet-wide
fuel economy of 7.11 mpg. While this represents only a slight increase from the previous year’s
study, the U.S. fleet average is only 5.89 mpg. The fleets in the study are also mixed with new
and old vehicles. According to NACFE, some 2017 model trucks achieved 7.8-9.2 mpg, with
some reportedly approaching 10 mpg.
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