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Verified Aerodynamic Technologies
Aerodynamic technologies minimize drag and improve air flow over the entire tractor-trailer vehicle. Aerodynamic technologies include gap fairings that reduce turbulence between the tractor and trailer, side skirts that minimize wind under the trailer, and rear fairings that reduce turbulence and pressure drop at the rear of the trailer. Using fairings in combination with one another (or, in a few cases, when used alone) have the potential to provide an estimated 5 percent or greater reduction in fuel use relative to the truck's baseline, when used in conjunction with an aerodynamic tractor on long haul Class 8 trucks, in highway type operation. This reduces NOx emissions, saves up to 800 gallons of fuel, and eliminates over nine metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
EPA has verified the following categories of aerodynamic technologies:
- Trailer Gap Reducer and Trailer Side Skirts (used in combination with one another); Trailer Boat Tail and Trailer Side Skirts (used in combination with one another);
- Advanced Trailer End Fairing; and,
- Advanced Trailer Skirts.
To be eligible for DERA funding, aerodynamic technologies must be on EPA's SmartWay verified technology list
Click the links below to view the trailer aerodynamic technologies that are SmartWay verified:
- Trailer Gap Reducers
- Trailer Gap Reducer (should be used with side skirts) - estimated fuel
savings: 1 percent or greater.
- Carrier Transicold Gap Fairing
- FreightWing Gap Reducer
- Laydon Composites Gap Reducer
- Nosecone "Nose 3-D" Gap Reducer (consists of top and side units sold as one piece of equipment)
- Trailer Boat Tails
- Trailer Boat Tail (this or the gap reducer should be used with side skirts)
— estimated fuel savings: 1 percent or greater.
- Aerodynamic Trailer Systems (ATS) dual lobe boat tail
- AeroVolution inflatable boat tail
- ATS SmartTail
- Kodiak Innovations Bumper Bullet
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Package SP: 4.9 (WheelCover/AftSkirt/Tail1)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Package SP: 3.6 (WheelCover/AftSkirt/Tail2)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Package SP: 3.4 (WheelCover/AftSkirt/Tail3)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Package SP: 2.4 (WheelCover/AftSkirt)
- Transtex rear trailer fairing
- Trailer Side Skirts
- Trailer Side Skirts (should be used with gap reducer
or boat tail) — estimated fuel savings: 4 percent or greater.
- AeroTech Fleet Products Bracketless Trailer Skirt
- Carrier Transicold Belly Fairing
- Fleet Engineers Extended Air Slipper
- FreightWing belly fairing Trailer Skirts
- Kodiak Innovations AirPlow
- Laydon Composites Trailer Skirts 6 or 7 panel
- Ridge Corp. GreenWing RAC0002
- SA Concepts AeroSmart Trailer Skirt
- SG Engineering Flow-Pod system
- Silver Eagle Mid-length Skirt
- Silver Eagle Mini-skirt
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Split Skirt SSR I (12-0-6)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Split Skirt SSR II (12-2-6)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Split Skirt SSA I (12-4-6)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Split Skirt SSA II (14-2-6)
- Transtex 19-36 Skirt and 21.6-36 Skirt
- Utility Trailer USS 120
- Advanced Trailer End Fairing
- Advanced Trailer End Fairing (this can be used with or without other
fairings) — estimated fuel savings : 5 percent.
- ATDynamics TrailerTail rear trailer fairing
- ATDynamics TrailerTail Trident
- ATS Integrated Automated System (WindTamer with SmartTail)
- Avantechs Inc VorBlade Wing (with Crosswinds Mitigator subsystem)
- Nose Cone Mfg. Co. AeroTrak VG Pro
- SG Engineering Flow-Pod with Tail-Pod system
- SmartTruck UT-1
- SmartTruck UT-6
- Advanced Trailer Skirt
- Advanced Trailer Skirt (this can be used with or without other fairings)
— estimated fuel savings: 5 percent.
- Aerofficient Aero-slide side fairing system (with rearmost telescoping panel) (model ASFS)
- Aerofficient Fixed side fairing (with landing gear wrap panel) (model FFGW)
- Aerofficient Fixed side fairing (with landing gear toe in panel) (model FFTI)
- Airflow Deflector Deflector
- American Trailer Skirts American Trailer Kit
- ATDynamics-Transtex Trailer Side Skirts
- Atlantic Great Dane AeroGuard Side Skirt (AGD400-43)
- Brean Marketing, Inc. ArrowShield
- Carrier Transicold Aeroflex Fairing
- CBS SmartWind Aerodynamic Trailer Skirt
- Fleet Engineers Advanced Air Slipper (#034-02290)
- FreightWing Aeroflex Trailer Skirt
- Hyundai Translead EcoFairing V-1, V-2D, and V-2R Skirts
- Kodiak Innovations AeroCurtain
- Laydon Composites Trailer Skirt 8 panel
- Laydon Composite Classic 7-Panel Trailer Skirt, Product code TRSK700SA
- Laydon Composites Curve
- Laydon Composites Hybrid 248 (Intermodal) Trailer Skirt
- Laydon Composite Hybrid 259 Trailer Skirt, Product code TRSK710SA
- Prime Inc. EcoFeather Trailer Side Skirt
- Ridge Corp. GreenWing RAC0003
- Ridge Corp. GreenWing RAC0012 - Front Radius
- Ridge Corp. GreenWing RAC0031 - Straight Angle
- Silver Eagle Aero Saber
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Performance Split Skirt SSP I (14-0-6)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Performance Split Skirt SSP II (16-0-6)
- SOLUS Air Conqueror Performance Split Skirt SSP III (18-0-6)
- Strehl Model 715
- Sweet Bottom Trailer Skirt
- Transfoil Systems Transfoil
- Transtex 23-30 Skirt
- Utility Trailer USS 120A
- Utility Trailer USS 120A-4
- Utility Trailer USS 160
- Wabash National Advanced Trailer Side Skirt, DuraPlate AeroSkirt - Standard
- Wabash National Advanced Trailer Side Skirt, DuraPlate AeroSkirt - Angled
- Windyne Flex-Fairing