FOCUS ON MERCEDES-BENZ ACTROS: Quest for efficiency in trucking continues
THE Mercedes-Benz Actros is one of the stalwarts of the trucking industry and, recently, two current generation Actros 6x4 truck-tractors, fitted with the latest Mercedes-Benz RT440 hypoid rear axles as standard, achieved significant fuel savings of more than 5% in test runs in the Eastern Cape.Fuel economy in vehicles can be improved in many ways, including increasing engine efficiency, reducing aerodynamic drag, rolling friction and improving the fuel quality, among other things.The company’s engineers have developed a new hypoid rear axle for the current Actros 2644LS/33 and Actros 2654LS/33 6x4 truck-tractors that were tested under everyday conditions along trial routes in the Eastern Cape.Mercedes-Benz trucks combined the OM 502LA engine with its 540hp with the RT440 hypoid rear axle in the Actros 2654LS/33 which replaces the other air-suspended 2650LS/33. It now has a 3.583 rear axle ratio.Christo Kleynhans, Mercedes-Benz trucks product manager, says: "The new RT440 hypoid rea...
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