Tag: EPA emissions regulations

Dealers

Truck, engine makers and industry groups pleased with final Phase 2 emissions standards

Industry stakeholders wasted little time in reacting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) new emissions and fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) endorsed the mandate, which calls for a phased-in reduction of up to 25 percent in […]

August 17, 2016

Construction Equipment

EPA, DOT propose heightened heavy duty diesel emissions, fuel efficiency standards for 2018

The EPA and DOT announced Friday their plans for Phase 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles. Phase 2 of the program would “significantly reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles, helping to address the challenges of global climate change and […]

June 23, 2015

Equipment

Greening of the Fleet: Emissions from heavy trucks, off-road equipment down 95% (INFOGRAPHIC)

April 22, 2013

Equipment

Trucks

Jobsite trucks get headline treatment Truck manufacturers at CONEXPO-CON/AGG made sure contractors knew they weren’t going anywhere. By Jack Roberts and Staff Reports Freightliner: Severe Duty Freightliner had a singular message at this year’s show: It is recommitting to the North American vocational truck market in a big way. And to back up its words, […]

May 5, 2011

Equipment

The owning and operating costs of dump trucks

The three-axle dump truck is as integral to construction jobsites as any piece of yellow iron or paving equipment. But unlike off-road equipment, which has seen a number of small, incremental improvements over the past few years, Class 8 dump trucks have enjoyed significant technological progress. Things like engines that can go up to a […]

October 6, 2010