NACFE - North American Council for Freight Efficiency

10/09/2026

TMC is truly focused on bringing younger professionals into the industry. But I don’t see us doing a super good job at communicating with younger folks at the moment. And we need to correct that, said Kevin Otto, electric technical lead in an article on trucknews.com

https://www.trucknews.com/technology/is-tmc-meeting-the-technology-moment-heres-what-fall-meeting-attendees-told-us/1003222304/

Trucknews.com asked attendees at the TMC fall meeting how well they think the organization is meeting the tidal wave of technology coming at trucking, and

10/08/2026

NACFE does most of its work in the field at industry events and staff members hear a lot of interesting things each month. Here are some things we learned recently. Contact us if you want to ask questions about where and how we learned what we share.

10/08/2026

NACFE Can Help Fleets Navigate the Current Freight Environment -

We are seeing unprecedented prices for fuel. In some parts of the country, it is as high as $8 gallon. That means if you are getting 7 miles to a gallon while driving 90,000 miles a year, you are spending $102,000+ a year on fuel. On the other hand, if you were getting 10 MPG, you’d only be spendi...

10/07/2026

Diesel fuel is teetering at a national average of around $7 a gallon today and at that price the difference between top performing and less efficient drivers can be the difference between being profitable and operating at a loss, says Mike Roeth in this week's FleetOwner .

Top-performing truck drivers can help fleets identify practical ways to improve MPG and reduce fuel costs.

10/07/2026

LAST CHANCE!

Join NACFE and OrangeEV TODAY, Wednesday, October 7 at 2 pm ET for a first look at our new Collaboration Report, Beyond the Pilot: Electric Terminal Tractors, Four Years Later, which examines adoption.

Register today: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gyRzHPgWTc6RP1eAEo-TQA

10/06/2026

TOMORROW, join NACFE and Orange EV on Wenesday, October 7 at 2 pm ET for a first look at our new Collaboration Report, Beyond the Pilot: Electric Terminal Tractors, Four Years Later, which examines adoption.

Register today: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gyRzHPgWTc6RP1eAEo-TQA

10/06/2026

Tucker Perkins, president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), talks about why he focused on propane during his career, the benefits of propane as a fuel for trucks and fuel solutions for the future. He also talks about why he thinks the Messy Middle will be here for a lon...

10/05/2026

"NACFE gathered insights about procurement behavior and preferences related to electric terminal tractors and found that today terminal tractors are a proven option for a growing number of fleets," said Bruce Stockton, NACFE's senior fleet consultant and one of the report's authors, in an article by Fuel Cell Works.

Download the Electric Terminal Tractor Adoption Report Here ➡ https://nacfe.org/research/collaboration-reports/electric-terminal-tractor-adoption/



Read the article here: https://fuelcellsworks.com/2026/09/24/electric/nacfe-research-business-economics-drive-ev-terminal-truck-adoption-over-sustainability-goals

Electric Terminal Tractor Adoption, Four Years Later In 2022, NACFE published its first report on electric terminal tractors, The Use Case for Terminal Tractors. This new report, Beyond The Pilot: Electric Terminal Tractor Adoption, Four Year Later, revisits the topic to assess the changes in fleet....

10/03/2026

The fuel surcharge often is based on very inefficient , said Rick Mihelic in a recent CCJ - Commercial Carrier Journal .

Discover why traditional diesel fuel surcharges reward inefficient trucking fleets and learn how big data and AI can help shippers unlock real fuel savings.