"Reducing emissions from our heavy-duty vehicles means cleaner air and less pollution. It means safer and more vibrant communities. It means lower fuel and maintenance costs for truck owners and operators. And it means healthier Americans," Regan said. The new rules for heavy trucks and buses ...
While the EPA under President Trump has been heavily engaged in rolling back various environmental rules, the agency is now seeking a single federal NOx truck rule to forestall a patchwork of federal and state rules.David CullenHeavy duty trucking...
proposing more stringent standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from heavy-duty vehicles, beginning in model year 2027. The action signaled a move by the Biden Administration from “a nudge in the right direction to a firm push.” ...
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, EPA released a proposed rule aimed at reducing emissions from light-duty and medium-duty vehicles, including passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and some medium-duty vehicles (light-duty proposal). EPA also released a proposed rule for heavy-duty vehicles, the “...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) are taking decidedly different paths to clean up truck emissions, leaving fleets with looming challenges including a new generation of equipment and even potential reporting requirements. EPA has long set ...
Cummins Inc. announced the launch of its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 emissions-compliant X12 and X15 series engines. These heavy-duty diesel engines from Cummins were built on the architecture of theirEPA 2017 versionsand are designed for on-highway Class 8 trucks. ...
EPA appears to be focusing on developing tougher greenhouse gas standards for a subset of the heavy-duty truck sector that would seek to electrify certain vehicle classes, in contrast to its plan to strengthen truck nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limits that would apply more broadly to the indus...
Update AppendedState air regulators are stepping up their push for EPA to accelerate the timeline for adopting rules to slash nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from heavy-duty (HD) trucks, raising new fears that the agency’s plan to combine that measure with tighter greenhouse gas limits could de...
Why Isn't Anyone Opposed to the New Truck Fuel Efficiency Standards? The EPA has invited public comment on new fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks—and they're eliciting shockingly little controversy. Here's the reason industry and environmentalists suddenly find themselves on the same...
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department on Monday announced the first-ever greenhouse gas limits and fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses. The draft rules would mandate cuts in fuel consumption and emissions by up to 20 percent for long-haul ...