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Find out what Viatec is doing to electrify the world of commercial fleets. Here’s the latest.
Mark Ferri Interviews With Mike Switzer on NPR’s South Carolina Business Review
On September 9, 2020 Viatec President Mark Ferri was featured on NPR's (National Public Radio) South Carolina Business Review. A program for South Carolina Public Radio. It's a podcast dedicated to up and coming ventures in the South Carolina Area. Our President,...
Electric Energy Online Reviews Duke Energy’s Experience with SmartPTO
Viatec's flagship product, SmartPTO, was reviewed by Electric Energy Online. A Carolinas startup has found an innovative way to help Duke Energy electrify its bucket truck fleet, reduce carbon emissions and keep neighborhoods quieter while crews are working.The...
Truck Parts Service reviews SmartPTO and Partner Bergstrom
Truck Parts Service News reviewed Viatec's SmartPTO product and our partner, Bergstrom. Together, we provide a package of no-idle options for utility trucks. SmartPTO can be easily installed and helps reduce maintenance costs by 69 percent. The non-invasive build...
Vehicle Service Pros Feature SmartPTO
Vehicle Service Pros is the official website for Professional Tool & Equipment News, Fleet Maintenance, and Professional Distributor magazines. Check out the link below for their feature on Smart PTO....
Duke Energy Tells Their SmartPTO Story
Duke Energy is one of the largest utility companies in the U.S. and one of a kind for having such a large fleet of utility trucks, so when we were asked earlier in the year to run a pilot testing period with SmartPTO on one of their bucket trucks, we jumped at the...
Innovating Electric PTOs for Idle Reduction
We were honored to attend the Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference and Expo of 2019! Our head engineer, Neeraj Chirmulay gave a presentation on how Viatec's electric PTO, SmartPTO is innovating idle reduction. Below is a synopsis of that talk. [su_document...
SmartPTO Pilot Report
The SmartPTO Pilot Report is the result of the data from a 3 MONTH, REAL-WORLD TRIAL of SmartPTO on an active utility vehicle Print Version [su_document url="http://www.viatec.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pilot-Report-1.pdf" width="1500"...
Viatec and the SCRA, A Timeline
https://youtu.be/4gsoGNCG1xk Chartered by the state of South Carolina in 1983, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) is a public, non-profit corporation that fuels South Carolina’s innovation economy. You can learn more about the SCRA by visiting their website...
SmartPTO Demonstration Video
A demonstration of a SmartPTO unit powering the arial lift device of a utility truck. The sort of vehicle your average utility company might use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmITMnU5WJM&t=2s SmartPTO: By Viatec is the world’s first ever universal, electric...
The Idling Calculator. How much can you save?
how much you can save on idling? use the Idling Fuel consumption calculator to find out. When a utility vehicle is operating a lift, like the one on a bucket truck, it remains idling to power that equipment. SmartPTO is the first modular electric power takeoff unit...