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EPA SmartWay news from Fleet Owner
SmartWay Trailer Regs Take Effect Jan. 1
Starting on Jan. 1, no 2011 or subsequent model year 53-ft. or longer dry, refrigerated or curtainside van trailer may be pulled by a heavy-duty tractor on a highway in California unless it is either SmartWay-certified or has been retrofitted with equipment meeting SmartWay technical requirements and specifications for fuel-efficient trailers...
Idle reduction works, but . . .
A study sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that idle reduction technologies for trucks can cut idling up to 78%, but that ROI from fuel and maintenance savings are “generally longer than anticipated,” according to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)...
Trailer skirt gets SmartWay certification
Silver Eagle Manufacturing’s mid-length side skirt has become the company’s first EPA SmartWay certified product...
EPA funding New England truck rebates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded approximately $1.1 million in grant monies to Cascade Sierra Solutions for a project that will provide rebates to New England-based truck owners who install fuel-saving and emissions reduction technology...
NY, NJ and Puerto Rico get $17 million in EPA grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it has awarded $17 million to New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico (all in EPA’s Region 2) to clean up a variety of trucks, construction equipment and locomotives...
Navistar reaffirms readiness for 2010
Navistar said it is in the final test stages of its 2010 MaxxForce engines and will be ready to meet the new Environmental Protection Agency’ (EPA) emissions requirements when they go into effect on Jan. 1, 2010...
Study: EPA ’07 engines far exceeded emission expectations
A new study, released by a group of government and industry organizations including the Dept. of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board and the Engine Manufacturers Assn., indicates that “clean diesel technologies” used in engines manufactured beginning in 2007 not only reduced certain emissions by 90% over 2004 engines, but “exceeded substantially even those levels required by law...
SCR group says it should be heard
Truck and engine manufacturers planning to use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology in 2010 have dismissed Navistar Inc.'s most recent court move as "of no relevance at this early stage" in a federal court challenge to Environmental Protection Agency actions governing SCR use to meet upcoming diesel emissions requirements...
LinkAmerica gains top level certification from SmartWay
LinkAmerica Corp. has achieved top level certification as a SmartWay Transport Partner...
Navistar: EPA gave SCR "license to pollute"
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "has been diverted from its environmental mission and somehow talked into an environmentally hostile action," according to court papers filed by Navistar Inc....
SCR court battle heats up
Truck and engine manufacturers relying on SCR (selective catalytic reduction) technology to meet Federal 2010 diesel emissions standards have issued their first legal response to U.S. appeals court petitions filed by Navistar...
Barr-Nunn gets top EPA SmartWay designation
Truckload carrier Barr-Nunn Transportation, which joined the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership program in 2006, has announced it has received a 1.25 rating-- the highest possible under the program...
Kenworth garners EPA award
Kenworth Truck Co. has been honored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2008 Clean Air Excellence Award...
SmartWay verifies two wide-base tires
Michelin has announced its Michelin X One XDN 2 drive and Michelin X One XTE trailer wide-base tires have been added to the U.S. EPA SmartWay program’s list of verified fuel-saving technologies...
Peterbilt Model 384 EPA SmartWay- certified
ANAHEIM, CA. Peterbilt Motors Co. has announced that its Model 384 truck is slated to receive certification by EPA's SmartWay program...
Other EPA SmartWay resources
SmartWay Transport Partner List
View all current SmartWay Transport Partners -- SmartWay Truck Carriers, Rail Carriers, and Logistics Companies, including fuel efficiency/environmental performance scores....
Smartway fuel savings calculator
The SmartWay calculator is designed to help truck owners compare the costs and estimate the fuel savings associated with various efficiency technologies. The calculator is designed for owners of single trucks as well as multiple-truck fleets....
