Alcoa Announces World's Lightest Heavy-Duty Truck Wheel

Alcoa

has rolled out the world's lightest heavy-duty truck wheel. This latest Alcoa innovation, the Ultra ONE™, will help trucks shed pounds for increased payload and fuel efficiency. Unveiled at the Mid-America Trucking show in Louisville, Kentucky, Alcoa's new 40-pound wheel is 47 percent lighter than steel wheels of the same size. The Ultra ONE can help save up to 1,400 pounds per rig, enabling fleets to carry more goods while meeting stringent federal emissions regulations. Underscoring the importance of lightweighting to the industry, one of America's largest flatbed carriers, TMC Transportation, is converting its fleet to the Ultra ONE starting in 2014.