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Founded in South Carolina. Backed by SCRA. SmartPTO inventor. [![Work Trucks Reinvented: In a World Where the Power Goes Out, Electrifying is the Right Solution](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/230404_Viatec_Terex-HyPower-1024x576.png)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/retrofitting-work-trucks-hybridizing-is-the-right-solution) Blogs ### [Work Trucks Reinvented: In a World Where the Power Goes Out, Electrifying is the Right Solution](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/retrofitting-work-trucks-hybridizing-is-the-right-solution) Electrifying existing medium and heavy-duty trucks–where diesel-powered engines are used to drive to a location and ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · April 19, 2023 [![Reducing Fleet Costs: Viatec’s Quest To Save Work Truck Engines](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/engines.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/reducing-fleet-costs-viatec-quest-to-save-work-truck-engines) Blogs ### [Reducing Fleet Costs: Viatec’s Quest To Save Work Truck Engines](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/reducing-fleet-costs-viatec-quest-to-save-work-truck-engines) SpaceX is a pioneer in part because they get the most from their assets. Rockets and stages aren’t discarded but used ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · April 17, 2023 [![3 Specific Ways Truck Idling Hurts Engines and Vocational Fleets](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/electric-bucket-truck-smartpto-e1677197091977.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/wasted-3-specific-ways-truck-idling-hurts-engines-and-vocational-fleets) Blogs ### [3 Specific Ways Truck Idling Hurts Engines and Vocational Fleets](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/wasted-3-specific-ways-truck-idling-hurts-engines-and-vocational-fleets) What is vocational Idling? “Vocational Idling” refers to the practice of leaving a vocational truck running while it’s ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · February 27, 2023 [![As EV Work Trucks Hit the Road, Viatec Leads the Way in Electrifying Work](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Newsletter-Featured-Image-1024x683.png)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-ev-technology-leads-the-way-in-electrifying-work) Blogs ### [As EV Work Trucks Hit the Road, Viatec Leads the Way in Electrifying Work](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-ev-technology-leads-the-way-in-electrifying-work) INDUSTRY-SHAPING TECHNOLOGY, DECADES IN THE MAKING. EVs are here. The question is: How will work get powered when there ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · January 9, 2023 [![Viatec Takes ePTO From Workaround Tool to Revolutionary Product](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_2064.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-takes-epto-from-workaround-tool-to-revolutionary-product) Blogs ### [Viatec Takes ePTO From Workaround Tool to Revolutionary Product](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-takes-epto-from-workaround-tool-to-revolutionary-product) epto: The Modern Standard An electric power take-off (ePTO) presents a modern solution by offering a cleaner, quieter, ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · November 21, 2022 [![The Zero Emissions Worksite](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/newzewcover.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/zero-admissions-worksite-adoption) Blogs ### [The Zero Emissions Worksite](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/zero-admissions-worksite-adoption) Worksites like this one produce emissions from idling trucks and combustion engine-driven equipment all over the world ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · August 24, 2021 [![Idling and the Law](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/cover_idling-and-the-law.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/idling-map) Blogs ### [Idling and the Law](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/idling-map) Have you ever considered the growing possibility that we may be idling more than is legally allowed? It would be great ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · April 5, 2021 [![Innovating Electric PTOs for Idle Reduction](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Innovating-Idling-Reduction-cover.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/innovating-electric-ptos-for-idle-reduction) Blogs ### [Innovating Electric PTOs for Idle Reduction](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/innovating-electric-ptos-for-idle-reduction) We were honored to attend the Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference and Expo of 2019! Our head engineer, Neeraj ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · August 19, 2019 [![Viatec and the SCRA, A Timeline](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/state-1.png)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-and-the-scra-a-timeline) Blogs ### [Viatec and the SCRA, A Timeline](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/viatec-and-the-scra-a-timeline) Chartered by the state of South Carolina in 1983, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) is a public, non-profit ... Sue-Ellen Lamb · March 12, 2019 [![The Idling Calculator. How much can you save?](https://blog.viatec.us/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Idling-calculator-feature.jpg)](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/idling-calculator-how-much-can-you-save) Blogs ### [The Idling Calculator. How much can you save?](https://blog.viatec.us/blogs/idling-calculator-how-much-can-you-save) how much you can save on idling? use the Idling Fuel consumption calculator to find out. 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