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* USA - Will there be a ‘California’ engine?
To buy a truck certified to idle in California or have the manufacturer activate a five-minute limit on idling
CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine,by Charlie Morasch -November 15, 2007: -- Truckers weighing their options on buying new trucks or engines are facing a decision they’ve never before been forced to make... California is requiring that engines manufactured for model year 2008 and later have a shutoff function activated unless they meet a new standard of emitting no more than 30 grams of nitrogen oxides per hour while idling. Engines already have the capability to have the shutoff function activated, but California’s rule makes their activation mandatory for any truck that enters the state. State law also prohibits the shutoff functions from being manipulated at any time by the driver... Most or all truck manufacturers appear as though they’ll each have an engine certified to meet California’s clean idle standard, said Joe Suchecki, director of public affairs for Chicago-based Engine Manufacturer’s Association... Drivers would rather be able to idle their engines than have a mandatory engine shutoff system, Suchecki said... “Every manufacturer is going to try and have a low-NOx engine available simply because that’s thought to be the option most customers would prefer,” Suchecki said... Next year’s requirement for 2008 year truck engines has had as monumental an effect on new trucks as engine makers, Suchecki said. Engine makers have scrambled to meet environmental edicts approved first by California and mirrored by other states...
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