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TRUCKING RULES * USA: Gas trucks helped
* DC - Federal Legislation seeks to eliminate Natural Gas Vehicle disadvantage
Washington,DC,USA -NGT News -August 01, 2014: -- U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., have introduced the Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014, which would allow trucks that are powered by natural gas to legally exceed federal highway weight-limit rules... According to bill analysis additional weight associated with vehicles' compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel systems. The extra weight of high-pressure or insulated natural gas fuel tanks and associated equipment, which can amount to approximately 2,000 lbs. or more, means a CNG or LNG truck cannot carry the same amount of freight as a diesel truck. This causes a revenue loss of up to 3% percent due to reduced payload... The bill would allow CNG- or LNG-powered trucks to exceed Interstate Highway System weight limits by the difference between the additional weight of the natural gas fuel system in use and the weight of a comparable diesel tank fueling system...
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