More Clean Diesel Trucks Now on the Road Means Lower Fuel Consumption

摘要

Emissions are going down and fuel savings and greenhouse gas emissions benefits are going up in the nation's commercial trucking fleet as more truckers invest in new technology clean diesel engines, according to new research released by the Diesel Technology Forum. The new generation of clean diesel vehicles is a growing portion of the total diesel commercial truck population with more than 37 percent of all diesel medium and heavy duty commercial trucks registered in the United States now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines - those manufactured in Model Year 2007 or newer that have near zero particulate emissions. Many of these, if not all, will have a diesel particulate filter. And nearly 22 percent of all diesel trucks in operation are now the newest clean diesel technology (2010 and later model year) that are also near zero emissions in nitrogen oxides.