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Trucks to cost more - USA - Emissions changes prompt jump in truck sales
Due to tougher standards in 2007 , companies, and truckers want to buy early
North West Indiana,USA -The Times Online, nwitimes.com, by ANDREA HOLECEK - May 7, 2006: -- Large commercial trucks sales are booming in the region and nationwide in anticipation of the higher cost of diesel-fueled vehicles equipped with the technology needed to meet 2007 emissions standards... Environmental Protection Agency regulations will require Class 8, medium-duty trucks and buses manufactured after 2006 to run on diesel fuel that has its sulfur content reduced to 15 parts per million from the current standard of 500 ppm. Truck engines using the low-sulfur fuel will be equipped with the advanced treatment devices needed to meet the EPA requirement... The new rule is expected to reduce smog-causing emissions of nitrogen oxide by 2.6 million tons per year and eliminate 110,000 tons of soot, including the clouds of black smoke emitted from truck exhausts...
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