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Today I Learned – August 2024
Insights from the NACFE Team
According to the recent book Frostbite, “nearly three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, packaged, shipped, stored, and/or sold under refrigeration.”
— Rob Graff, Senior Technical Advisor
Nearshoring is steadily rising. It could introduce a noteworthy change for fleets as the routes potentially shift from the ports to interstate routes between Mexico and the U.S.
— Jeff Seger, Clean Energy Consultant
One source told me that there is a 1.5 year wait for day cabs, but dealerships have multiple sleepers available because long-haul freight is down.
— Andrew Halonen, Lightweighting Consultant
The federal government filed suit against a railroad for regularly delaying passenger trains because it was prioritizing rails for increasingly long freight trains which can stretch to two miles long.
— Rick Mihelic, Director of Emerging Technologies
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