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TRUCK IDLING * USA - Alabama bill would provide incentive to reduce it
An effort to reduce truck idling in Alabama is motoring along at the statehouse
Montgomery,AL,USA -Land Line Magazine -8 March 2010: ... The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would increase the maximum gross vehicle, axle weight limits for large trucks equipped with idle-reduction technology. Trucks equipped with auxiliary power units would be authorized to weigh up to an additional 400 pounds... This marks the third straight year the legislation has advanced to the Senate floor after receiving widespread support in the House. The two previous years it didn’t get a floor vote before the session ended... (Image from blog.al.com: large truck)
* Tennessee - Opens up APU rebate program to truck owners
Nashville,TENN,USA -Land Line Magazine -March 8, 2010: -- Truck owners in Tennessee have the opportunity to obtain up to $4,000 in grant rebates to install an APU on their trucks... The program, run by the University of Tennessee, will provide 50 percent of the cost to purchase and install an APU, with a cap of $4,000... The program is available for companies with 30 or fewer trucks registered and operating in the state. “Priority will be given to fleets with five or fewer truck tractors,” according to a statement... Tennessee says about 85 percent of the state’s 16,000 motor carriers are fleets of five or fewer trucks... (Photo from: hankstruckpictures, by Mike Boyd: A US military equipment mover on I-40 in eastern TN. Sept. 2007)
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