FlowBelow’s AeroFender™ achieved 1.49 gal/1000 miles (1.44%) fuel savings in recent test.
March 1, 2024 (Las Cruces, NM) – Mesilla Valley Transportation Solutions, a provider of breakthrough fuel economy testing and design and development services for the trucking industry, announced today test results for FlowBelow’s AeroFender™. AeroFender is a replacement for OEM quarter fenders. Testing in November 2023 demonstrated that the technology resulted in a fuel savings of 1.49 gal/1000 miles (1.44%).
The testing showed that the AeroFender can save fleets 187 gallons of fuel per year and save 1.9 metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to the amount of CO2 87 trees can process annually. These calculations are based on 125,000 miles annually.
“This isn’t the first meaningful track test performed on the AeroFender.” says Josh Butler, president and CTO at FlowBelow. “McLane Company’s positive test results influenced them to begin outfitting their food service and grocery fleets with the AeroFender in early 2021. Years of field testing and another successful fuel test on the MVT Solutions track have driven us to make the product widely available.”
Tests were conducted on 2023 Volvo VNL 6×2 diesel-powered day cabs with Volvo D13N-405
engines and ATF2612F 12 speed transmissions. Trailers were 53-foot Strick dry vans.
Gross Vehicle Weight was approximately 45,000 lbs.
“The FlowBelow AeroFender has proven to be a great fuel saving product on day cab tractors when added to FlowBelow’s trademark Tractor AeroKit™ which has been in trucking for a decade,” says Daryl Bear, lead engineer and chief operating officer at MVT Solutions. “A bonus to the AeroFender is that fleets can subtract the cost of the OEM quarter fender they are currently spec’ing, which reduces the purchase cost and improves the ROI of the AeroFender even more.”
The FlowBelow AeroFender will be on display at Booth #4031 at TMC.
The full report can be downloaded here.