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LOS ANGELES - Automotive Fleet contacted the California Air Resources Board to find out how these new standards will affect fleet orders and vehicle costs.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a package of staff-proposed Advanced Clean Car regulations, which the board will consider for adoption on Jan. 26, 2012.
Read More →There's a direct correlation between vehicle weight, fuel consumption, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Every pound of extra weight requires an engine to work harder, increasing fuel consumption and, as a consequence, increasing tailpipe emissions. For instance, an extra 100 lbs. in vehicle weight can reduce mpg up to 2 percent. If you reduce vehicle weight, you reduce fuel consumption,and, by default, you will decrease emissions. Here are some ways to put your fleet on a "diet."
Read More →WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives seek to prevent the Obama administration from finalizing the emissions standards in the proposed fuel-economy and emissions for model-years 2017 to 2025.
Read More →Medium- and heavy-duty trucks comprise 4 percent of the total vehicles on the road, but account for 20 percent of the fuel consumed and 20 percent of the greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by the transportation sector. Now, for the first-time ever, fuel economy standards for heavy- and medium-duty trucks over 8,500 lbs. will be regulated by the federal government. Here are the pros and cons of this new mandate.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The new ground-level ozone standards would have set rules for ground-level ozone emissions, but now the EPA will have to revisit creating a draft for these standards in 2013.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The new fuel-economy and emissions standards will go into effect beginning in MY-2014.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced new fuel-economy and emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses, heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, and vocational vehicles.
Read More →LOS ANGELES – The American Lung Association in California published a report, called “The Road to Clean Air,” that shows tougher vehicle emissions standards could help California avoid at least $7.2 billion per year in health and other societal costs.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.
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