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"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - Sterling LNG trucks go into service
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Fleet Equipment -15 February 2009: -- The air surrounding the seaports at Long Beach and Los Angeles, Calif., is probably a bit clearer now, two months after Daimler Trucks North America began delivering 232 natural gas fueled daycab tractors to customers working in and around the two busy international cargo hubs... The first wave of these new trucks –– all of which are intended to replace aging, pre-1998 diesel power units –– are Sterling L-113 flat-roof conventionals, powered by 8.9-L Cummins Westport ISL G engines rated at 320 HP and 1,000 lbs.-ft. of torque... Slightly more than half of the total sold, 132 to be exact, were intended for contractors leased to California Cartage Co., a 60-year-old family owned drayage and warehousing firm based in Wilmington, Calif.... The other 100 will eventually be distributed to small fleets and owner-operators through the ports’ Clean Trucks program, a governmental effort to reduce the area’s air pollution... The deal to acquire this green technology was lubricated with lots of greenbacks, in the form of municipal subsidies and tax credits. Each of the trucks carried a retail price of roughly $160,000, but the combined assistance offered to Cal Cartage truckers took care of all but $40,000 –– and that, with the help of a local bank, was being financed through seven-year lease-to-own packages. The terms available to other buyers through the Clean Trucks program were not completely clear; although they’re apparently somewhat less lucrative...
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