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Oct 16, 2007

Environmental Benefits * Canada - New Heavy Truck Initiative Validated

Canadian Trucking Alliance enviroTruck proposal would accelerate uptake on new smog-free engines and reduce GHG’s at the same time

Ottawa,Ont,Canada -Canadian Trucking Alliance (PR) -October 15, 2007: -- The results of a new study conducted for the Canadian Trucking Alliance by a well regarded not-for-profit US engineering/environmental research firm, validates CTA’s case for federal government incentives to help spur investment in smog-free and GHG-fighting tractor-trailer units -- dubbed the CTA enviroTruck initiative... According to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) -- which recently helped Walmart design its “green” fleet strategy and has also worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) -- if only 50% of the Canadian fleet were to adopt a partial list of the enviroTruck fuel efficiency technologies and add-on devices, the industry would consume 1.2 billion fewer litres of diesel fuel per year, leading to a reduction in GHG’s of 3.4 million tonnes - the equivalent in GHG terms of taking 19,000 trucks or 800,000 cars off the road. (If the entire fleet were to adopt the full-package of enviroTruck components the industry’s fuel consumption would drop by 4.1 billion litres of diesel fuel and GHG’s would be reduced by 11.5 million tonnes each year - the equivalent of 64,000 fewer trucks or 2.6 million fewer cars)... To qualify as an enviroTruck, a tractor-trailer unit would comprise: (1) A 2007 or newer tractor engine which by regulation must contain smog-free engines; plus (2) Activation of the truck’s speed limiter at a maximum speed of no more than 105 km/hr; plus (3) A number of pre-approved technologies/add-on devices for both the tractor and the trailer(s) that enhance fuel efficiency such as auxiliary power units to run in-cab heating and cooling systems and combat idling, aerodynamic fairings to reduce drag, and low rolling resistance tires. The devices studied by RMI provide the highest percentage fuel savings with the most consistent test results... (Piclture from www.energygrind.com: Peterbilt's hybrid trucks for Walmart)

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