President Obama will announce new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks at Virginia-based Interstate Moving Services Aug. 9. The standards will affect work trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles.
According to the press statement released yesterday by the Office of the Press Secretary, “The new standards will provide American businesses, who operate and own these commercial vehicles, tens of billions of dollars in fuel savings, and will dramatically reduce oil consumption and cut pollution.” No other details were made available.
Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed a 20 percent reduction in emissions and improvement in fuel economy for heavy-duty trucks. The proposal called for standards to begin in the 2014 model year.
Interstate Worldwide Relocation Services is headquartered just outside the Washington, D.C. beltway in Springfield. One of its five companies is IMS, which provides moving and storage for individuals, as well as for companies and government agencies.
On Aug. 11, Obama will visit Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich. During his tour of the advanced battery facility, he will discuss how innovative technologies help automakers achieve fuel economy standards.
The president announced July 29 that an agreement was reached with 13 major automakers to pursue the next phase in fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025.
Right on, Bulldog!
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LikeBrilliant, Mr. Ruhe. what you mean to say is that these idiots don't know what they're doing and are making the economics of trucking worse. no?
1) these standards are the first ever for medium and heavy duty trucks.
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regulations.htm#1-2
2) new standards do not come out every year. they come out every 5 or 10 under normal rotation of regulatory update unless interrupted by the President. technology advances relentlessly and the standards follow suit naturally.
3) new standards are derived from state of the art propulsion science - not by blatherings from amateurs like you and me. and, unlike you and me, your government talks to engineers in the field all the time.
you might have used this announcement to educate yourself as it will affect your ops if you plan to be an O/O after 2012.
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LikeThe goal is worthy the cost to business has not been properly analyzed. In typical reactive style our president and our government has inserted rules that leave small business out without option. Force manufactures to produce by this date and you force industry to invest by this date. Have they forgotten the principle that small business creates jobs, not large industry. Unfortunately for us in small business trucking under 250 units forced investment in an unstable economy is not in vogue. Banks have completely different expectations than government and cleaning the air with a 5 year return on my investment is not on the last financial statement I was asked to submit.
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LikePerhaps you all have to look at a longer term for the return on investment. How much will your fuel costs decrease and offset part of the expense to buy new the new vehicles ?
this has been put off for far too long. US industry has not invested in these areas on a consistent basis..."We'll just wait until we have to" is a lousy attitude, but part of the American psyche is seems.
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LikeThis will be the death of owner operators.It's just more government control that will drive transpotation cost through the roof.
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Likeshipping costs are constantl;y going up because of fuel costs. 30 yrs ago deisel was never more expensive than gas prices. These standards should have been implimented yrs ago. Prices go down on implimenting engine manufacturing as larger quantities of the component parts are manufactured. Just like anything else!
the world needs cleaner air too.
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LikeThis is a joke, every year they come out with new standards that drive the cost of equipment up. The cost to operate these new engines have risen dramatically. I am referring to Class 8 trucks.
The diesel engines were more efficient in 2007 and prior.
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