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A National Policy * USA - To raise fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions standards for heavy trucks
Daimler Truck engineers in Portland seek edge with clean emission rules
Portland,ORE,USA -The Oregonian, by Jeff Manning -May 21, 2010: -- When President Barack Obama, on Friday directed the government to develop a national policy to raise fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions standards for heavy trucks, it was music to the ears of Martin Daum, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America... Daum, who was standing behind Obama at the Rose Garden signing ceremony, has about 800 Daimler engineers in Portland working virtually full-time to come up with a greener big rig. Daimler Trucks and its Freightliner division are based on Swan Island in North Portland... Daum said the trick will be to make cleaner, more efficient trucks that are still affordable to customers working on razor-thin profit margins... The faltering economy has already taken a toll on the truck makers. Daimler North America's sales in 2009 exceeded $9 billion, well short of the $15 billion in a normal year, Daum said... Also on Friday, Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to develop tougher standards for cars and light trucks starting in 2017... (Photo from The Associated Press - President Barack Obama signs a memorandum outlining the next steps for cleaner and more efficient vehicles Friday in the Rose Garden. Martin Daum, Daimler Trucks North America chief executive officer, is at far right.)* US formally announces pursuit of truck fuel economy standards
Washington,DC,USA -Truck News (CAN) -21 May 2010: -- As expected, the US government has said it will soon mandate fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. And as expected, Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, has announced Canada will follow suit... US President, Barack Obama, announced the impending fuel economy standards this morning, although specific targets were not unveiled... Soon after, Prentice told media in B.C. that Canada would be consulting with the trucking industry to draft its own proposal. The Canadian trucking industry has voiced concern that Canada would simply copy the US standards, without considering Canada's unique operating requirements. Prentice told media he would be pursuing a harmonized approach, but would consult first with industry... Meanwhile, truck makers Mack and Volvo commended the president's proposal and said they were eager to meet the new targets... Denny Slagle, president and CEO of Mack and Volvo Trucks, also commended Obama for emphasizing that the new fuel economy standards should not interfere with the commercial needs of the trucking industry... (Photo from grist.org)
* ATA Backs Obama on Truck Fuel Economy, Emission Standards. Trucking group joins environmentalists, manufacturers supporting directive
Arlington,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -May 21, 2010: -- The American Trucking Associations supports President Obama’s call for the first national fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks... A presidential order also hailed by environmentalists effectively endorses recommendations ATA made in 2008 to reduce carbon emissions, the association said... Hodges, who chairs ATA’s Sustainability Task Force, said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson “acknowledged that the trucking industry has made huge advances in reducing emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides from trucks.”... Many of the technologies deployed over the years to reduce NOx and particulates emissions reduced heavy-duty diesel fuel economy, and even led to a slight increase in carbon dioxide output, he said. “Now we have an opportunity to fix that”...
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