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ORNL launches trucks for nationwide DOE field operational test

A nationwide truck test that will include special monitoring equipment on six instrumented tractors and nine instrumented trailers was launched today from the National Transportation Research Center (NTRC) - a joint transportation research facility involving the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee.

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