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ECOLOGY - SWEDEN - VOLVO's Green Machines
Truck maker eyes fuel cells for idling - Units would cut CO2, nitrogen oxide emissions
SWEDEN -USA/MSNBC -June 13, 2005: -- Volvo Trucks and a Swedish partner on Monday announced a joint venture to produce power units that use fuel cells to reduce diesel truck emissions. The technology doesn't replace the engine, but allows truck drivers to idle with the power unit instead of diesel... A single truck could reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which many scientists tie to global warming, by 20 to 30 tons per year, Volvo said, citing statistics by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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