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Report: Heavy trucks cleaning up faster than diesel passenger cars
257 day(s) ago - Source: AutoblogGreenFreightliner Innovation Truck - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to the American Trucking Association, there has been a 41 percent increase in registered large trucks and an 84 percent increase in miles traveled by large trucks from 1986 to 2006. That equals lots of diesel fuel consumed. Fortunately, a new report from Coordinating Research Council and the Health Effects Institute shows that pollution from heavy trucks and buses is actually improving at a faster rate than automobiles.Impressively, today's big rig engines produce 98 percent less carbon monoxide, 10 percent less nitrogen oxide, 95 percent less non-methane hydrocarbons and 89 percent less particulate matter than required by EPA's 2007 diesel engine emission standards. Diesel engines manufactured in 2010 will perform even better as new regulations mean the powerplants will cut nitrogen oxide emissions by another 50 percent.This study is the first installment of the Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study (ACES), which will continue to test diesel engines and the related health effects of burning diesel fuel over the next five years. Click here to view the official test results and to keep future tabs on the testing results.
[Source: American Trucking Association]Continue reading Report: Heavy trucks cleaning up faster than diesel passenger carsFiled under: Diesel, USAReport: Heavy trucks cleaning up faster than diesel passenger cars originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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