This is breaking and important news for those who are facing a January 1 deadline to meet the stringent new port truck rules for emissions compliance. Several grants were offered to pay for most of the retrofit requirements for small and owner-operator outfits who couldn’t afford the investment to meet compliance. That money didn’t last [...]
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Thomas Built Buses Sells 59 Units with SCR Tech to Maryland
December 30th, 2009 
Aaron Turpen Thomas Built Buses, a division of Daimler, has received an order for 59 of their Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses with the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology. The buses will be delivered to Montgomery County, Maryland, in 2010. The SCR technology reduced NOx emissions to near zero and improves fuel economy by 5-9%. The technology was [...]
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NREL Gives Hybrid Diesel UPS Trucks 28.9% Improved On-Road Efficiency
December 30th, 2009 Aaron Turpen UPS has been field testing a group of hybrid diesel step delivery vans with the Eaton Corp.’s electric hybrid propulsion systems. A report from the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows that these hybrids are getting an average of 28.9% improved fuel economy fleet-wide. (Note: report is PDF) For the report, [...]
Green Oil Announces Fully Synthetic 15W40 Diesel Engine Oil
December 29th, 2009 Aaron Turpen Anaheim-based Green Oil has introduced a synthetic heavy-duty engine oil for diesel trucks in 15W40 made entirely from non-petroleum sources. This premium-grade motor oil adheres to most industry standards such as Mac T-11, Cummins 20081, Caterpillar ECF-3/ECF-2, and others. This heavy duty diesel oil (HDDO) is enhanced for performance by lowering engine deposits, oxidative thickening, [...]
