La revisión del Congreso se avecina para las reglas de emisiones de camiones de California (Foto: Jim Allen/Freightwaves) La Agencia de Protección Ambiental bajo la administración Trump ha dado un paso significativo para revocar potencialmente las regulaciones de emisiones de camiones de...
Truck emissions
California’s truck emissions rules under congressional microscope
The Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has taken a significant step toward potentially overturning California’s stricter truck emissions regulations. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency has sent several vehicle emission-related waivers granted to California under the Biden administration to Congress for review.
This move targets California’s Advanced...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/californias-truck-emissions-rules-under-congressional-microscope
Trucking research firm touts renewable diesel fuel over EV transition
WASHINGTON — New trucking industry-backed research finds renewable diesel (RD) fuel to be significantly less costly and more operationally effective than transitioning to battery-powered trucks.
Electric vehicle purchases and electric infrastructure will cost the long-haul sector more than $1 trillion over 15 years, a study released Tuesday by the American Transportation Research Institue (ATRI) estimates.
That compares with $203 billion using renewable fuel to power internal combustion engine...
Labor, climate costs loom large for trucking in 2024
WASHINGTON — While election-year politics may gridlock Congress from passing meaningful truck-related legislation in 2024, the potential for a change in administrations could be a catalyst for finalizing two regulations that have major cost and operational implications for the industry.
Proposed rules to tighten standards for independent contractors and on carbon emissions from heavy trucks — both of which are undergoing final review at the White House — also fit squarely within the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/labor-climate-costs-loom-large-for-trucking-in-2024
Truck makers take on EPA’s zero-emissions carbon rule
WASHINGTON — Truck manufacturers are pushing back hard against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to drastically cut carbon emissions from heavy trucks beginning in model year 2028.
While fully electric, zero-emission trucks are already on the roads, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) maintain that the biggest impediment to the EPA’s rule seeking aggressive adoption for the trucking industry is a lack of infrastructure to support it.
“We fully support that goal, demonstrated by...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-makers-take-on-epas-zero-emissions-carbon-rule
EPA’s new emission standards would boost heavy truck equipment costs
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s newly unveiled standards aimed at drastically reducing...
What’s not to like about lower fuel costs and reduced emissions?
With diesel prices at all-time highs, the American Power Group Inc. is hoping its dual-fuel approach to heavy-duty trucking results in greater interest among owner-operators and small fleets.
The $25,000 retrofit substitutes one of two diesel tanks on a Class 8 tractor with natural gas and uses software to make the two fuels work together, saving money at the pump and reducing emissions.
APG sees turbocharging natural gas in a diesel engine as an alternative for owner-operators and small fleets...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/whats-not-to-like-about-lower-fuel-costs-and-reduced-emissions
Trailer manufacturers win appeal in emissions case
Truck trailer manufacturers have won an appeal regarding federal emissions standards. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit could end up saving their customers millions of dollars in higher trailer costs.
The court on Friday granted a petition initially filed in 2016 by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) and vacated all portions of a final rule on greenhouse gas emission standards set under the Obama administration that year that apply to...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-manufacturers-win-appeal-in-emissions-case
$500M STEER Act could help bridge gap to zero-emission trucks
As the Biden administration moves quickly to promote zero-emission trucks, new legislation will take a more conservative approach that supporters say would help the industry cut emissions even sooner.
The Supporting Trucking Efficiency and Emission Reductions (STEER) Act, expected to be formally unveiled this week by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., authorizes $100 million annually from 2022-2026, for a total of $500 million, to set up a voucher program for retrofitting heavy-duty trucks with...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/500m-steer-act-could-help-bridge-gap-to-zero-emission-trucks
Daily Infographic: Estimated US Average Vehicle Emissions
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