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04-01-2014, 08:02 AM
Walmart Unveils Futuristic Truck That Is Fuel-Efficient
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Walmart's logo may be blue, but the company is going green.
The retail giant unveiled a prototype of a new truck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NER9X4_gtYk) at the Mid-America Trucking Show Wednesday that — if it reaches the road — could decrease the amount of emissions the company's e**rmous fleet produces.
See also: Touching Viral Ad From Walmart Confuses Haters (http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/walmart-touching-viral-ad-patrick/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Dubbed the "Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience" or WAVE, the fuel-efficient truck is part of the company's*larger commitment (http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/environmental-sustainability) to sustainability. In 2005, Walmart promised to double the efficiency of its fleet (http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/logistics), which contains 6,500 tractors, 55,000 trailers*and 7,000 drivers, by 2015. **w, nearly 10 years later, the retailer claims (http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2014/03/26/walmart-debuts-futuristic-truck) it has "achieved an 84% improvement in fleet efficiency over its 2005 baseline." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/walmart-truck/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Walmart's logo may be blue, but the company is going green.
The retail giant unveiled a prototype of a new truck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NER9X4_gtYk) at the Mid-America Trucking Show Wednesday that — if it reaches the road — could decrease the amount of emissions the company's e**rmous fleet produces.
See also: Touching Viral Ad From Walmart Confuses Haters (http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/walmart-touching-viral-ad-patrick/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Dubbed the "Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience" or WAVE, the fuel-efficient truck is part of the company's*larger commitment (http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/environmental-sustainability) to sustainability. In 2005, Walmart promised to double the efficiency of its fleet (http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/logistics), which contains 6,500 tractors, 55,000 trailers*and 7,000 drivers, by 2015. **w, nearly 10 years later, the retailer claims (http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2014/03/26/walmart-debuts-futuristic-truck) it has "achieved an 84% improvement in fleet efficiency over its 2005 baseline." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/walmart-truck/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Sustainability (http://mashable.com/category/sustainability/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Fuel (http://mashable.com/category/fuel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Concept (http://mashable.com/category/concept/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Walmart (http://mashable.com/category/walmart/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Prototype (http://mashable.com/category/prototype/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Tq9uNkcS4ss