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IdleAir to begin using eNow solar panels for truck stop electrification
A new partnership between the two companies will allow IdleAir to use solar panels for its truck stop electrification locations.
December 15, 2016
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Phase 2 truck emissions regulations officially slated for publication
The Phase 2 standards will build on the Phase 1 standards, according to the 2,762-page joint rulemaking, and are projected to see fuel savings as high as 25 percent, depending on the vehicle.
October 24, 2016
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Fitzgerald Gliders confident its kits will meet Phase 2 emissions standards
Despite changes to how glider kits will be classified for emissions regulations compliance — and new standards coming to bear for glider kit builders — the glider industry will remain viable and intact, says Fitzgerald Glider Kits’ head of marketing Stu McLaughlin.
September 8, 2016
Business
Phase 2 puts trucking in familiar yet unchartered water
It would take more than 60 of today’s generation clean diesel trucks to equal the emissions from a single truck built before 1990. That and more on the costs of the new trucking emissions regulations handed down last week…
August 22, 2016
Business
Industry stakeholders sound off on final Phase 2 emissions standards
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) endorsed the mandate, which calls for a phased-in reduction of up to 25 percent in greenhouse gas emissions from tractors and vocational vehicles – of which up to a five percent improvement must come from the engine.
August 16, 2016
Business
EPA, DOT release final Phase 2 emissions plan, will further tighten standards for tractor-trailers
By model year (MY) 2027 – when the Phase 2 standards are fully phased in – tractors in a tractor-trailer combination must achieve up to 25 percent lower CO2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018.
August 16, 2016
Business
Push renewed to ban trucks older than ’07 at NJ/NY ports
The Coalition for Healthy Ports and key Newark, N.J. politicians want the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to reinstate a plan to prohibit trucks with engines older than 2007 by next year.
June 21, 2016
Business
Court rules against owner-operator emissions flexibility options for California emissions regs
The Superior Court of Fresno directed the California Air Resources Board on June 9 to void the amendments to its Truck & Bus Rule. CARB says the amendments will remain in effect, however, while it appeals the court ruling. The court decision did not affect the Truck & Bus Rule itself.
June 13, 2016
Business
Final version of next phase of truck emissions, fuel economy regulations advances
The agencies introduced the proposed rule last June that will begin taking effect for model year 2018 trailers and 2021 for tractors. The plan goes through 2027, when the entire vehicle – engine, truck and trailer – will be required to meet the standards.
June 8, 2016
Business
Major carrier to start charging California compliance surcharge
The strict California regulatory environment has prompted one of the country’s largest fleets to institute a nearly $6 surcharge for every load going into our out of California.
April 13, 2016
Business
Navistar settles with SEC over probe into company’s 2010 emissions strategy; former CEO hit with charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced April 1 that Navistar International Corporation has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle the criminal investigation into whether the company intentionally mislead investors about its progress in meeting 2010 emissions standards.
April 1, 2016
Business
DOT, EPA seeking comments on new data related to Phase 2 of greenhouse gas emissions standards
New data related to the next round of emissions standards for heavy trucks has prompted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to ask for public comments on the new data and information.
March 1, 2016
Business
NY, NJ ports propose banning older trucks
The proposal also would deny access to trucks with 1994 and 1995 engines by Jan. 1, 2018.
January 11, 2016
Business
Emission mandates steering engineers to better MPGs, performance
Following the Volkswagen diesel debacle, a higher level of scrutiny is expected as emissions mandates continue to tighten.
January 8, 2016
Business
Industry supports goals, questions strategies of proposed Phase 2 emissions and fuel economy regulations
The proposal yielded hundreds of thousands of comments, with trucking industry stakeholders mostly saying they agree with the purpose of the regs, but see flaws in the EPA’s massive rule. Here’s what equipment manufacturers and carrier interest groups said.
December 7, 2015
Business
Mitchell 1 adds 2015 truck repair data to TruckSeries software suite
Mitchell 1 has completed model year 2015 updates to its TruckSeries software suite, covering repair information, labor estimating and diagnostic trouble code procedures for all makes of medium and heavy trucks. TruckSeries is the only comprehensive repair information software suite of its kind available for Class 4-8 trucks, delivering a one-stop, single log-in, all-makes data […]
October 28, 2015
Business
EPA enforces Calif. emissions regs, carrier hit with $400k in fines over DPF violations
A Virginia trucking company will pay $100,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency and an additional $290,000 to California in the first federal enforcement of the state’s Truck and Bus Regulation.
October 12, 2015
Business
California adopts rule to require 10 percent reduction truck-caused carbon emissions by 2020
The California Air Resources Board announced last week it has re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2020.
September 29, 2015
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