Port of Charleston offers truckers retrofit funds
A new initiative from the Port of Charleston will allow truck owners who serve the port to apply for a rebate to cover part of the cost of retrofitting their vehicles with emissions-reducing and fuel-saving technologies...
Pilot details DEF bulk dispensers
Pilot Travel Centers LLC will roll out 25 bulk dispensing units of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) each quarter beginning in the third quarter of 2009...
Volvo: SCR will cost $9,600
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) has announced its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2010 emissions reduction technology using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) will carry a surcharge of $9,600...
Sudden uncertainty
The trucking industry largely expected the transition to the 2010 emissions rules to occur pretty much without a hitch...
Cummins has full confidence in its SCR
Despite Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerns that the copper zeolite it intends to use in its 2010 engines could produce carcinogenic dioxins, Cummins said it has complete confidence that EPA will see after further testing that copper zeolite is a safe and effective solution for meeting 2010 emissions regulations...
EPA questions Cummins SCR
Cummins has reaffirmed its intention to use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to meet 2010 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations despite EPA’s contention that the copper zeolite used in its emissions system may produce carcinogenic dioxins that could lead the agency to not certify the system...
DTNA to supply Pierce with 2010 engines
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) will supply 2010 EPA-compliant Detroit Diesel DD13 diesel engines to Oshkosh Corp.’s fire & emergency business, Pierce Manufacturing, DTNA has announced...
Navistar begins EGR campaign
Navistar has launched the MaxxForce 2010 campaign, which it said is aimed at clarifying the issues surrounding the different approaches for meeting 2010 emissions regulations...
Volvo, Mack stick by SCR
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) and Mack Trucks have applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s commitment to implementing its 2010 emissions regulations as planned. ...
Navistar seeks engine exemption
Truck and engine maker Navistar is asking the federal government to offer what it calls an “economic exemption” allowing OEMs to continue building 2007 emission-level engines after the 2010 standard goes into effect...
Navistar banking on EGR for 2010
Navistar said using EGR alone is a simpler solution for personnel, technicians and drivers during a briefing held exclusively for Penton Transportation Group editors...
Making EGR-only work for 2010
The key to cutting NOx emissions in a diesel engine’s cylinder without increasing the amount of particulate matter (PM) generated is to raise fuel injection pressures greatly at engine speeds as low as 800 rpm...
Daimler Trucks North America
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) responded to our queries about their medium- and heavy-duty engine plans with information provided by executives from...
Cummins joins SCR bandwagon
With the announcement by Cummins that it will add selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment to its heavy-duty product line to meet 2010 Environmental...
Cummins to use SCR across the board in 2010
Cummins announced today it will add Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) aftertreatment to its heavy-duty product line to meet 2010 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) diesel-engine emissions regulations...
Mack ready for 2010 with SCR
The decision by Caterpillar to exit the heavy-duty truck engine business in 2010 “shows just how dedicated one must be to this industry and to investing in the engine technology needed to weather the incredible [emissions] challenges posed by EPA in this decade,” according to Dennis Slagle, the new president & CEO of Mack Trucks Inc...
DTNA opts for Cummins too
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced it will offer Cummins heavy- and medium-duty engines alongside its own Detroit Diesel and Mercedes-Benz engine lines, becoming the latest OEM to sell engines with both SCR and EGR technologies to meet 2010 EPA regulations...
Volvo to have Cummins ISX in 2010
Volvo Trucks North America will offer the 15L Cummins ISX engine, certified for 2010 emissions standards, in the Volvo VN. This is an extension of an...
