Those Larae Cars Of Vestervear

摘要

The first go-round for the heavy-duty fuel economy mandate should not prove too arduous, said panelists at the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference and Exhibition, held last month in Phoenix. But according to Bill Kozek, Kenworth president and vice president of Paccar, the 2014 deadline could signal the end of the long-and-tall, best represented by his company's Kenworth W900L and sister company Peterbilt's Model 389. Could it also be the end of the Mack Titan, the Freight-liner Coronado, the Western Star and the 9900i International? The problem is that the greenhouse-gas regulation is placing a major emphasis on aerodynamics as a way for the truck manufacturers to meet the fuel economy targets announced as HDT was going to press.