Trends: Low diesel prices slow fleet moves to alternative fuels

摘要

Though the use of alternative fuel vehicles hasrninched upward, the growth in commercial use ofrnAFVs is still slow due to low diesel prices, suggests arnnational study released late last year.rnAbout 11% of commercial fleets use at least somernalternative fuel vehicles, up three percentage pointsrnfrom the previous year, according to the AmericanrnTransportation Research Institute’s 2016 Analysisrnof Operational Costs of Trucking. The researchrnanalyzes 2015 data.