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GHG compliance * USA - California's one could save carriers money over time
Tacoma,WA,USA -FleetOwner, by Sean Kilcarr -Aug 23, 2010: -- Despite the costs of complying with the CARB new heavy-duty tractor-trailer greenhouse gas regulation mandate that went into effect Jan. 1 this year, some fleets are finding they may come out ahead in the long run... For example, Tacoma, WA-based Interstate Distributor Co., operates a fleet of more than 2,000 tractors and 6,800 trailers and is currently installing Aeroflex side skirts on 2,058 of its trailers. The carrier is getting the cost of installation partially offset via a $175,000 grant from the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC). Obtained that money, from a $875,972 grant from the EPA Diesel Emissions Reduction Act... Freight Wing, said product registered fuel economy savings of up to 7% in independent SAE/TMC J1321 track testing conducted by Energotest two years ago. At that level of fuel economy savings, a fleet would be able to pay off its investment in trailer side fairings after roughly 50,000 mi. of operation... (Picture by Louis and Minerva Wiss of Seattle, Washington, who are company drivers for Interstate Distributor Co. of Tacoma, Washington)
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