* Illinois - New U.S. truck emissions rules could touch off industry struggle
-- U.S. environmental regulators are expected within days to propose rules to make trucks more fuel efficient, and trucking industry executives and lobbyists familiar with the process said the rules will probably call for boosting fuel efficiency by 2027 nearly 40 percent from 2010 levels... Truckers say the industry is willing to accept tighter federal standards, since motor fuel accounts for about a third of its costs... But various segments of the trucking industry disagree about how federal rules should be structured and implemented. So the Environmental Protection Agency proposal for heavy trucks could prompt an intramural struggle to influence the final regulations... The trucking rules are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to curb greenhouse gas emissions... The EPA has said it intends to propose "performance-based" standards, allowing truck makers and operators to hit the target either through the engine, aerodynamic add-ons to trucks and trailers or software to make driving more fuel efficient... But manufacturers disagree about whether the overall standard should encompass the engine, the truck itself and the trailer, or whether it should set separate standards for each of the three main components of an 18-wheeler freight hauler... Companies like Cummins Inc and Eaton Corp want separate standards, especially for engines as they produce the emissions and have been tested for decades. But the U.S. trucking units of Daimler AG and Volvo AB want emissions measured for the truck as a whole...
(Photo by Jim Young/REUTERS - Technician Ryan DiMenza walks by an aerodynamic device installed underneath a transport truck at Hirschbach Motor Lines in East Dubuque, Illinois, United States, April 30, 2015) -- Chicago,ILL, USA - Reuters, by NICK CAREY - Jun 10, 2015Labels: rules and regulations, truckmakers news USA
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