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.
“We’re proposing that the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] allow manufacturers to keep building 2007 engines alongside the 2010 models – we’re not talking about postponing the 2010 standards here,” Navistar spokesman Roy Wiley told FleetOwner. “We see this as a necessary response to the catastrophic economic situation out there, as a way to help small fleets and owner-operators.”
Wiley noted that Navistar helped sponsor a recent study by NERA Economic Consulting done on behalf of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), that found the price for Class 8 vehicles meeting the 2010 standard are likely to increase $7,000 to $10,000 per truck. As a result, OOIDA believes the timeline for the federal 2010 emission standards for heavy-duty engines needs to be restructured to prove the worthiness of new engines, give the economy the opportunity to recover, and to let trucks explore fuel alternatives, the lobbying group said.
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