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Aug 10, 2016

CLEANER TRUCKS * USA: California's Freight Action Plan

* California - Truck groups take issue with State Sustainable Freight Plan


--- The release of the final version of California’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan has been met with harsh criticism by two groups representing Golden State’s truck-fleet operators... The plan is important to trucking as the agency regards it as a “blueprint” for making the state’s freight transport system environmentally cleaner, more efficient, and more economically competitive... The ambitious plan includes “a long term-2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transport system” along with these slightly more near-term, albeit arguably vague targets: 

 ° Improve freight system efficiency 25 percent by 2030 
° Deploy over 100,000 zero-emission vehicles/equipment and “maximize near-zero” by 2020 
° Foster future economic growth within the freight and goods movement industry

  ... In statement on the finalized action plan, Shawn Yadon, CEO of the California Trucking Association, said that for California to “spur innovation” in zero and near-zero emission technologies, the state “must make a business case for new investment from the trucking industry, which is already spending $1 billion a year to bring about a more sustainable freight system. Broad expansion of regulations targeting freight facilities will impede this progress by discouraging the investment needed to achieve California's environmental and economic goals” ...
(Image: Shows cars on the Golden Gate Bridge during the end of the morning commute in San Francisco) -- Sacramento, CAL, USA - TruckingInfo, by David Cullen - August 8, 2016

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Feb 22, 2016

GREEN TRUCKS FLEET by UPS * USA

* Georgia - UPS rolling laboratory at a glance

-- With its “Rolling Laboratory” approach, UPS has invested in a fleet of more than 5,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles running on natural gas, propane, ethanol, biomethane, renewable diesel, and electricity. The rolling laboratory provides an opportunity for UPS to determine how these vehicles perform in diverse, real-world operating conditions, then quickly deploy viable options at scale based on market and operating conditions. UPS has driven more than 500 million miles in this sustainable fleet and is more than halfway toward a goal of driving 1 billion miles by the end of 2017... 
(Infographic: Pulled from the UPS 2014 Corporate Sustainability Report, provides an overview of UPS’s “Rolling Laboratory”) -- Atlanta, GA, USA - The WSJ - 21 Feb 2016

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Jun 4, 2015

GREEN NEWS * USA: Volvo Group hits energy efficiency target

* Noth Carolina - Mack Trucks cuts energy usage in Lower Macungie 

 -- Efforts at the Mack Trucks plant in Lower Macungie Township have helped Volvo Group North America hit its goal of reducing energy consumption at its U.S. facilities five years earlier than anticipated... According to the Energy Department, Volvo Group North America has saved approximately 390,000 MMBTUs since 2009, the equivalent to about $2.3 million in cost savings... In November 2013, the company announced the Lower Macungie plant was the first U.S. manufacturing facility to receive a platinum-level Superior Energy Performance certification in the Mature Energy Pathway category. The certification acknowledged the plant improved its energy performance by nearly 42 percent between 2002-03 and 2012-13... At that time, the company said plant investments that improved energy performance included lighting upgrades and controls, a building automation system, air compressor management, changes in heat recovery during manufacturing and HVAC system efficiency upgrades... The Better Buildings initiative was launched in 2011. According to the Energy Department, more than 250 organizations, including manufacturers, cities and school districts, participate in the program and have saved 94 trillion BTUs and $840 million since the initiative began. Each organization has committed to reducing energy use by at least 20 percent in the next 10 years, the Energy Department said... 
(Photo) -- Lower Macungie. NC, USA - The Morning Call, by Jon Harris - 3 June 2015

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Jun 2, 2015

BIG TRUCKS OF FUEL DIET * USA

* Michigan - E.P.A. proposal will put bigger trucks on a fuel diet

-- Inside the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory here, a mammoth contraption, with steel rollers, advanced electronics and exhaust tubes, is nearing completion... The project — an enormous “truck treadmill” — is the new centerpiece of the Environmental Protection Agency’s complex. One of the largest vehicle testing centers in the world, the truck lab will play a crucial role in shaping and enforcing a major new environmental mandate by the Obama administration that could dramatically transform America’s trucking industry... This week, the E.P.A. is expected to propose regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks, requiring that their fuel economy increase up to 40 percent by 2027, compared with levels in 2010, according to people briefed on the proposal. A tractor-trailer now averages five to six miles a gallon of diesel. The new regulations would seek to raise that average to as much as nine miles a gallon. A truck’s emissions can vary greatly, depending on how much it is carrying... It is expected that the new rules will add $12,000 to $14,000 to the manufacturing cost of a new tractor-trailer, although E.P.A. studies estimate that cost will be recouped after 18 months by fuel savings... Environmental advocates say that without regulation, the contribution of American trucks to global warming will soar... But some in the trucking industry are wary... 
(Photo credit: Laura McDermott for The New York Times - The national emissions lab in Ann Arbor, Mich. Proposals for fuel economy in big trucks are expected to require innovation) -- Ann Harbor, MICH, USA - The NY Times, by AARON M. KESSLER & CORAL DAVENPORT - MAY 30, 2015

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May 5, 2015

CNG, ALTERNATIVE FUEL * USA: 30 million miles trucks' fleet

* Illinois - ampCNG’s CNG-fueled truck fleet surpasses 30 Million miles

-- With this accomplishment, ampCNG has demonstrated the commercial and operational viability of CNG as a fuel for heavy-duty trucks... The company’s primary business is developing, owning and operating public access CNG fueling stations built for the heavy-duty trucking industry. ampCNG currently owns and operates 21 CNG stations nationwide. Nineteen of these are part of amp Trillium, ampCNG’s joint venture with Trillium CNG. Plans are underway to open several more this year... The 42-truck fleet is leased by Renewable Dairy Fuels, a subsidiary of ampCNG, and operated by Ruan. The fleet carries raw milk from Fair Oaks Farms to processing facilities in Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana... Since deploying the CNG trucks in 2011, ampCNG has displaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel and eliminated approximately 7,100 tons of carbon dioxide... 
(Photo: ampCNG, a Chicago-based company that is leading the transition to compressed natural gas -CNG- as a transportation fuel in the commercial trucking industry, has announced that its fleet of Class 8 CNG trucks has surpassed 30 million miles)  --  Chicago, ILL, USA - Trucking News - 4 Mat 2015

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Apr 30, 2015

"SUPER TRUCKS" * USA: To develop and test new, energy-efficient long-haul tractor-trailers

* New York -  Trucks more clean, efficient and long overdue


-- The idea that big tractor-trailer trucks could be overlooked might seem ludicrous when you're trying to merge onto a freeway with one bearing down on you at 70 miles per hour. But when it comes to energy efficiency and fuel economy -- that is to say, when it comes to CO2 emissions and climate change -- trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles have indeed been mostly overlooked so far. That's a problem -- and an opportunity... Consider this: Heavy-duty vehicles have largely avoided this type of regulation. The average "big rig" in the U.S. today gets about six mpg diesel, pretty much exactly what it did during the Reagan era. Heavy-duty vehicles are responsible for about one-third of CO2 emissions from the on-road transportation sector in the U.S.A., and unless things change, that proportion will rise to about half over the next 20 years, as passenger cars get more efficient. In other parts of the world, HDVs account for an even larger proportion of all transportation-GHG emissions, and their share is increasing even faster. All that CO2 represents gallons of fuel burned -- and is paid for by raising the cost of the goods carried on all those trucks... The U.S. Department of Energy has quietly sponsored a collaborative effort involving all the major truck manufacturers in the U.S.A. to develop and test new, energy-efficient long-haul tractor-trailers. As part of this "SuperTruck" program, Cummins/Peterbilt last year unveiled a prototype tractor-trailer that got 10.7 miles per gallon, and recently Daimler debuted a rival prototype, using a different design and technology, that gets just more than 12 mpg -- that is, double the fuel economy of the average long-haul tractor-trailer today. Our own research is showing that these technologies could enable tractor-trailers to get more than 10 mpg within the next 5-15 years and offer payback periods of less than 18 months -- well within current industry expectations... Only three other governments (Canada, Japan and China) have set any type of efficiency standards for trucks, and none have ventured into the same type of public/private cooperation on technology innovation. The U.S.A. could lead the way by pushing the advanced SuperTruck technologies into the market with a policy nudge. Big economies around the world have a huge opportunity to double the fuel efficiency of one of the largest sources of carbon emissions...
 (Photo: As part of this "SuperTruck" program, Cummins/Peterbilt last year unveiled a prototype tractor-trailer that got 10.7 miles per gallon)  --  New York, NY, U.S.A -- The Huffington Post by Rachel Muncrief - 29 April 2015

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Mar 31, 2015

TRUCKS' EFFICIENCY * USA: Shell's ones

* Kentucky - Shell partners with AirFlow Truck Co. to develop ‘hyper’ fuel-efficient ‘StarShip’ truck
-- Being a former racecar driver and enthusiast, it was only natural that when Bob Sliwa got involved with heavy-duty Class 8 trucks he would want a truck to be as sleek and aerodynamic as possible... His first foray into building a fuel-efficient truck in 1983 was a good start. It was squared off in front but had full-length tractor skirts and top fairings... People said his second fuel-efficient creation resembled a Bullet Train so it was called the Bullet Truck, and got 13.4 mpg on a trip from Connecticut, Sliwa’s home state, to the West Coast... According to Shell and Sliwa, initial designs call for the StarShip tractor and trailer to join together into a single integrated unit... This will solve the problem of having a gap between the tractor and trailer, which is a big source of aerodynamic drag and loss of efficiency, noted Sliwa. The tractor and trailer will also have newly designed side skirts, hood, front end and custom interior. A tractor-to-trailer Active Aerodynamics gap sealer and the trailer skirts will all retract below 35 mph or when coming up on obstructions such as a railroad crossing... The StarShip truck is expected to complete cross-country testing in 2017 as it seeks to establish new fuel economy records for a Class 8 truck... (Picture courtesy: SHELL) --  Louisville, KY, USA - The Trucker, by DOROTHY L. COX - 27 March 2015

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Jun 14, 2014

GREEN TRUCKS * USA

* California - Time to act on trucks: We can reduce new truck fuel consumption 40% by 2025 

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Sierra Club, by Jesse Prentice-Dunn -June 12, 2014: ... According to a new factsheet released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, and the American Council for and Energy-Efficient Economy, we have the technology to cost-effectively reduce new truck fuel consumption 40 percent by 2025... Tractor-trailers, responsible for two-thirds of medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel use, can reduce fuel use 46 percent, with fuel savings paying for new technology in just over one year. Increasing the average fuel efficiency of a tractor-trailer from nearly six miles per gallon to nearly 11 miles per gallon would significantly reduce oil use in the transportation sector. Similarly, vocational vehicles, such as delivery trucks, and heavy-duty pickup trucks have opportunities to reduce fuel use 32 percent and 28 percent, respectively... Strong standards will reduce oil consumption. In 2012, trucks on the road consumed roughly 2.7 million barrels of fuel each day, resulting in 530 million metric tons of carbon pollution. Setting strong standards that build on existing standards could cut fuel use by 1.4 million barrels per day - roughly equivalent to our oil imports from Venezuela and Iraq in 2011 combined...

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Jul 24, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA

* Oregon and * Washington: Coordinate inspections to nab HOS violators

Washington,ORE,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Jul. 24, 2012: -- A large-scale truck inspection blitz in Oregon led to more than 25% of commercial drivers checked being put out of service for hours-of-service violations, according to the Oregon Dept. of Transportation... The state screened trucks at three locations along Interstate 5, the main north-south route through the state. The state DOT put 256 truckers out of service for violations ODOT spokesman, David House, told the Statesman Journal... House said large-scale truck inspection blitzes occur every few months and typically result in about 20% of drivers being taken out of service. This most recent inspection yielded more violations, he said, because Oregon coordinated its truck enforcement efforts with those in Washington... 


* Florida - DHL to expand propane powered fleet

(Photo: The new Ford E-250 cargo vans) 
Plantation,FL,USA -Fleet Owner -Jul. 23, 2012: -- International parcel delivery provider DHL Express plans to add another 100 propane-powered pickup and delivery vans to its U.S. fleet starting August – joining propane vehicles already in operation for DHL in Ohio, Tennessee and Louisiana... The 100 Ford Motor Co. E-250 cargo vans will be powered by a liquid propane autogas fuel system from Roush CleanTech and will support DHL Express pickup and delivery service within California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas... This effort is part of the global “GoGreen” strategic effort put in place by Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL, which is DHL’s parent company, to improve its worldwide carbon efficiency 30% by 2020 (using 2007 levels as a baseline)... Ian Clough, CEO of DHL Express U.S., said propane autogas saves over 22,587 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year and reduces greenhouse gases by up to 25%, carbon monoxide by up to 60%, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by 20% and virtually eliminates particulate matter when compared to conventional fuels...

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Mar 8, 2012

ELECTRIC TRUCKS * Japan

* Electric Delivery Trucks Hit the Streets of Japan

Chiyoda Ward,Tokyo,Japan -Green Economy -6 March 2012: -- Automotive research and development company Tokyo R and D, is demonstrating its commitment to electric vehicles. Practical tests of electric delivery trucks are starting this week in Tsukuba City... The project started with a number of partners - ITOCHU, Tokyo's Institute of Applied Sciences, Supermarket giant Kasumi, are also still on board... All the trucks used in the practical evaluation have been modified from traditional gas-powered vehicles to pure electric, using special conversion kits (which yes, you can buy for your own truck); the evaluation will be testing the feasibility of the kits just as much as it tests how well EVs work in the delivery business...

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Nov 1, 2008

"GREEN" TRUCKS * Canada - Ontario announces incentives for hybrid commercial vehicles

Toronto,Ont,CAN -Transportation & Lo9gistics -31 Oct 2008: -- The Ontario government has announced it is making $15 million available for the purchase of environmentally-friendly commercial vehicles, such as hybrids... The four-year program was announced yesterday afternoon and will cover hybrid and alternative fuel commercial vehicles. The grants will also be available to retrofit heavy-duty vehicles with anti-idling systems... The province said it hopes the fuel saving data collected through the program will serve as an incentive for other fleets to adopt environmentally-friendly technologies. Applications for the grants will be available Nov. 28... The funding is also available retroactively, for purchases dating back to August, 2007, the province announced...

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Sep 16, 2008

CLEAN TRUCKS SYSTEM * USA - World's Cleanest Class 8 Diesel Trucks

Johnson Matthey Technology Puts they on Southern California Roads

Long Beach, Calif.,USA -Trading Markets -Sept 16, 2008: -- Older big-rig trucks now can have cleaner emissions than even the most modern clean diesel trucks... Johnson Matthey's latest diesel emissions technology, the SCRT(R) system, was unveiled in southern California today... Johnson Matthey and its partner, Cummins Emissions Solutions, retrofitted 16 older Class 8 grocery trucks used in the Ralphs' delivery fleet with the new SCRT(R) four-way control system. The trucks range in age from 1998 to 2004... The demonstration program involved a local partnership between Ralphs, the South Coast AQMD and Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey will collect data on the vehicle's emissions performance by measuring back pressure, temperature and nitrogen oxides (NOx), a key smog-forming pollutant...The company has nearly 50 demonstration units running in California and Texas. After thousands of hours of operation, the SCRT(R) system retrofits on both EGR and non-EGR engines has reduced NOx emissions by as much as 84%... (Image: 3-way Catalysts – non selective catalytic reduction)

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Jul 14, 2008

"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - Truckers hope green options save green in wallet

Milton,PA,USA -AP, by GENARO C. ARMAS -14 July 2008: -- ... So-called "electrified truck stops," along with on-board tools such as auxiliary power units, have drawn interest from some truckers in part to reduce pollution and engine grind from idling and abide by a growing number of anti-idling guidelines nationwide. But lately, drivers like Ken Kafer have increasingly turned to them to also save money with fuel prices at record highs... "I'm saving fuel, engine wear, and I'm getting all the comforts that I need," said Kafer, 42, of Hubert, N.C., during a break at a truck stop in the central Pennsylvania town of Milton on a recent Iowa-to-New York run... Jim Runk, president of the Pennsylvania Motor Trucking Association, said many truckers are using such options now because fuel prices are at a point where "they just can't put up with it"... Environmentalists have long been critical of the pollution emitted by diesel engines, with tractor-trailers among the most common and plentiful source of soot... A report from the Clean Air Task Force, an advocacy group, estimated in 2005 that 21,000 Americans' lives were shortened by particle emissions from diesel engines... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2001 established new rules, including the introduction of cleaner highway diesel fuel in 2006 and requirements for manufacturing truck engines starting in 2007... Once fully enacted, the rules could lead to a reduction in 2.6 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions and prevent 8,300 premature deaths, the EPA has said... After initial resistance from the industry, most truckers are on board with the changes. There's additional impetus these days, with diesel prices pushing $4.70 per gallon...

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Jun 7, 2008

NEW TRUCKS * USA - Bronx beer trucks get greener, thanks to government funding

Some Bronx beer trucks will soon be belching less pollution, thanks to a new federal grant

New York,NY,USA -AP/The Toronto Star (Toronto,ONT,CAN) -Jun 06, 2008: -- ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it's funding equipment for 15 Anheuser-Busch delivery trucks. Among other things, the new systems can reduce soot-causing emissions by up to 80 per cent... Anheuser-Busch is also developing an emissions-reducing strategy using biodiesel for its current Hunts Point fleet, and converting older trucks to natural gas... The initiative also involves New York state and a public-private partnership called the Northeast Diesel Collaborative...

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May 29, 2008

GREEN FLEET * Canada - Coke launches fleet of hybrid trucks that are nicer to the environment

Diesel-electric engines cut fuel consumption

Vancouver,BC,Canada -The Province, by Frank Luba -May 28, 2008: -- Green is joining red in Coca-Cola's corporate colours... The soft-drink giant announced yesterday that it's launching a fleet of heavy-duty, diesel-electric hybrid delivery trucks... The 22 trucks, 10 of which will be based in the Lower Mainland, cost 50-per-cent more than traditional vehicles but use 37-per-cent less fuel, produce 32-per-cent fewer emissions and run more quietly, the company said... While the trucks' 215 horsepower diesel engines run continuously, the 14,969-kilogram vehicles run primarily on electric power up to about 50 kilometres per hour, the company said... The diesel engine is engaged when more power is required and the batteries also recharge during braking... After Canada, Coke will start using the Quebec-built hybrids in the U.S. and hopes to add 120 vehicles there. The fleet of 142 will be the largest hybrid, heavy-duty distribution fleet in North America, the company said... (Picture by Jon Murray - The Province: Coca-Cola Canada president Kevin Warren, park board chairwoman Korina Houghton and Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan mark Coca-Cola's green-truck initiative)

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May 7, 2008

GREENER FREIGHT * Canada - Feds back movement with greenbacks

The federal government is investing millions of dollars to help limit the emission of greenhouse gases during freight movement

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -7 May 2008: -- ... Eight projects will receive $2.4 million in funding under Transport Canada's Freight Technology Demonstration Fund, and a further 15 projects will receive $3.7 million under the Freight Technology Incentives Program... Projects funded under both these programs are eligible for a contribution of 50 percent of eligible costs, up to a maximum of $500,000, and must be implemented within a two-year period. Remaining costs must be contributed by funding recipients and their partners... The Freight Technology Demonstration Fund and the Freight Technology Incentives Program together are part of Transport Canada's ecoFREIGHT Program... The Freight Technology Demonstration Fund helps test and measure new and underused freight transportation technologies that can reduce emissions when operated in Canadian conditions. The Freight Technology Incentives Program provides incentives for companies to purchase and install proven but underused freight transportation technologies that reduce emissions...

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Apr 24, 2008

GREEN TRUCKS * USA - NYC Adds 28 CNG Trucks to Local Fleets

New York,NY,USA -EP Magazine (Dallas,TX) -April 23, 2008: -- Energy Vision, a national non-profit organization that studies and promotes the benefits of clean, renewable petroleum-free transportation fuels, recently coordinated an event and unveiled state-of-the-art natural gas-powered trucks in New York City... The guests of honor were representatives of the township of Smithtown on Long Island, two major privately-owned refuse and recycling companies, and the city's Department of Sanitation (DSNY). In the last year, acting independently, Smithtown, Filco Carting Corp., Metropolitan Paper Recycling Co. and DSNY committed to put 38 new natural gas trucks into operation; 28 are now in service...


* AEP Orders Hybrid Utility Trucks

USA -Environmental Leader -April 22, 2008: -- American Electric Power has ordered its largest number of hybrid trucks to date - 18 International DuraStar Hybrid diesel trucks... The addition brings the total number of hybrid utility trucks in AEP’s fleet to 22 - giving it the largest fleet of diesel hybrid utility trucks in the country, according to the company. Still, it represents a relatively small fraction of the 1,500 International trucks in its fleet...

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Apr 22, 2008

"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - Texas Gets 1,450 Requests for Funding to Update Trucks in $110 Million Program

Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics, by Eric Miller -April 21,2008: -- The state of Texas said it received about 1,450 requests for grants as part of its $110 million emission-reduction plan to help carriers retrofit and replace older trucks to help clean the state’s air... Eligible projects are intended to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions in eligible counties. Heavy-duty trucks, off-road equipment, marine vessels, locomotives and stationary equipment are eligible for the grants, funded by transportation industry fees... Steve Dayton, team leader of the program’s grant contract development team, said about 30% to 40% of the money will go to replace or add emission-reduction devices or repower engines in older heavy trucks...

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Feb 13, 2008

Green Power * Canada - Trucker helped shake bugs out of

George King had the eco-truck long before Wal-Mart did. Ran his rig on liquefied natural gas

Chatham,Ontario,Canada -The Chatham Daily News, by TREVOR TERFLOTH -13 Feb 2008: -- The retail giant reached a deal last week with Westport Innovations Inc. to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) on four transport vehicles, in an effort to cut back on emissions... However, King - who drives for Challenger Motor Freight - took part in a project three years ago to run his rig on the technology... The engine offers the same horsepower, torque, and efficiency as the base diesel engine rating it is replacing... King said Challenger asked him and several colleagues to take part in the one-year green project... (Photo by DIANA MARTIN: George King drove his rig for a year and produced zero emissions after it was fitted with liquefied natural gas technology as part of a test run)

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Jan 18, 2008

"GREEN" NEWS * USA - Dominicks' Trucks Go Green

Safeway Switches To Biodiesel


Chicago ILL,USA -NBC5.com -January 17, 2008: --
Joined by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Dominick’s announced Thursday that it has converted its entire truck fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel... By using biodiesel, Dominick’s said it will be eliminating 1,457,256 Lbs. of carbon emissions released into the air annually, which is the equivalent to taking 143 cars off the road every year or to planting 551 acres of pine or fir forests...
The announcement also includes Safeway’s entire U.S. fleet of more than 1,000 trucks which have been converted to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel, a move that will reduce carbon emissions nationally by 75 million pounds and take nearly 7,500 passenger vehicles off the road each year... Safeway is the first major retailer in the United States to convert its entire trucking fleet to biodiesel...

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