Peterbilt now offering Cummins Westport nat gas engines on Model 567
The engine emissions are 90 percent lower than the current EPA NOx limit, Peterbilt says, because of a three-way catalyst in the aftertreatment, advanced engine calibration and a closed crankcase...
View ArticleDespite changing emissions regs, ‘Gliders are here to stay,’ says Fitzgerald rep
“We’re confident we’ll be able to test our products and meet the new standards,” says Fitzgerald's Stu McLaughin of the looming Phase 2 emissions standards set by the EPA and the DOT. Fitzgerald has...
View ArticlePhase 2 emissions, fuel economy rule headed for year-end implementation
A final rule to establish new emissions and fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is expected to boost fuel economy on tractor-trailers by 25 percent.
View ArticleRegs outlook: Change is in the air
Between hope and a hard place: The potential import for owner-operators of a new federal administration as regards ELDs, speed limiters, CARB's pursuit of an Ultra-Low NOx emissions standard and more,...
View ArticleGliders losing altitude: Emissions regs crack down on pre-2010 engines,...
Federal regulations taking effect Dec. 27 restrict the glider market by allowing much smaller sales after 2017. The expansive emissions standards finalized effectively close the loophole that allowed...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler responds to EPA, CARB emissions violations issued over 3.0L...
The EPA contends that FCA installed and failed to disclose engine management software that has increased nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 2014-2016 Dodge Ram 1500 pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokees equipped with...
View ArticleReaders debate viability of pre-2000 model year approach to avoiding ELD mandate
At the center of the commentary, pushback on the notion that near-20-year-old equipment could be considered reliable enough to deliver suitable profitability. As one commenter noted, telling his story,...
View ArticleTruck speed limiter mandate, emissions regs part of lawsuit against Trump...
Three left-leaning groups hope to block Trump's recent order, citing truck safety regulations like a recently proposed rule to require speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks, as reasons why.
View ArticleTruck OEMs, trucking orgs join in asking new EPA head to maintain clean...
DERA offers rebates and grants to owners of diesel-powered equipment to aid in retrofitting older engines with more modern, lower emissions technology or in replacing older equipment all together....
View ArticleBill would expand California lemon law to cover commercial trucks
SB 713 would modify the current California lemon law to newly apply to trucks heavier than 10,000 lbs. and under the operation of a business, without size exclusions, up to 18 months from the date of...
View ArticleEPA hints revision or delay in trailer emissions rules for 2018 trailers
The Environmental Protection Agency hinted in a court document filed in late April that it may alter or delay fast-approaching emissions regulations scheduled to apply to model-year 2018 trailers.
View ArticleRegs’ cost burden, independent contractor misclassification at issue as...
Los Angeles/Long Beach, Calif., drayage truckers will strike at three companies after both cities unveiled plans to transition to zero-emission trucks by 2035 and promote common environmental standards...
View ArticleLA-area truckers end strike by picketing at City Hall
Truckers working in drayage operations in Southern California ports held a week-long strike last week to protest what they say is employee misclassification and the costs of compliance with area ports'...
View ArticleTraditional truck makers focus on short-haul for electric vehicles
Major truck and engine makers themselves have invested in the development of electric- and more conventional hybrid-electric-drive vehicles, but they see the most short-term promise in shorter-run...
View ArticleProjected savings from hydrogen-powered electric drive
It wasn’t just for their novelty that announcements of the Nikola One hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric-drive truck turned more than a few owner-operators’ heads last year. It was the promise of an...
View ArticleDon’t ‘drive through the lights’— and other aftertreatment system PM...
Daniel Mustafa, Assistant Manager of Technical Development for TravelCenters of America, says he still sees otherwise upstanding, wonderful people doing the kinds of things with their trucks that can...
View ArticleTrump EPA eyes changes to tractor-trailer emissions regulations
EPA said in a brief announcement Thursday that it will “revisit” the so-called Phase 2 emissions standards related to trailers and glider kits, citing “significant issues raised by stakeholders in the...
View ArticleWhy is CARB ignoring its own emissions data in push to ban traditional engines?
“It’s no secret that California has been going its own way on emissions. That’s not the point here. The point is that the internal combustion engine, by CARB’s own admission, is far superior to that of...
View ArticleEPA plans to nix Obama-era emissions standards for glider kit trucks
The EPA has formally proposed to repeal the Obama-era emissions regulations placed on glider kit tractors, which have yet to take effect but are scheduled to begin being phased in next year.
View ArticleCourt halts Obama-era emissions regs placed on trailers pending lawsuit
A federal appeals court on Friday paused implementing portions of tightened greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards that were set to take effect in January for trailers.
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