Detroit Diesel engine family
certified to meet 2010 regs

Detroit Diesel Corporation’s fuel-efficient family of engines, including the DD13, DD15, and DD16 with the BlueTec emissions control system, has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting 2010 emissions regulations...

ArvinMeritor showcases
its Class 8 technologies

ArvinMeritor Inc recently hosted US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to showcase the company’s advanced technologies for Class 8 commercial vehicles. Highlighted technologies included the dual-mode hybrid Class 8 drivetrain and stability control and collision safety systems, offered by the company’s Meritor WABCO joint venture...

DTNA gets $40 million
in federal funding
for truck technology

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has received nearly $40 million in funding through the US Department of Energy’s 21st Century Truck Technology Partnership...

Cummins to receive
$54 million in funds
for vehicle projects

US Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu announced that Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy- and light-duty vehicles...

Cummins receives EPA
certification for engines

Cummins Inc received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 2010 Heavy-Duty big-bore ISX15 and MidRange ISB6.7, ISC8.3, and ISL9 engines. Certification of these engines means the Cummins engine lineup for on-highway applications meets the near-zero emissions levels required for all engines manufactured in 2010...

Capacity of Texas, Vision
join forces to build ZETT

Vision Industries Corp, producers of the zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano truck, announced that Capacity of Texas Inc and Vision have joined forces to build a Zero Emissions Terminal Tractor...

NRDC sues Long Beach CA
to overturn port settlement

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced it was filing suit against the City of Long Beach CA to overturn a settlement with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) that ended litigation over the Port of Long Beach truck concession plan. Long Beach settled the lawsuit after the US District Court of Appeals declared the concession plan illegal...

USDG begins operations
at ethanol handling facility

US Development Group LLC (USDG), an industry leader in ethanol handling and distribution terminals, announced that its West Colton Rail Terminal has begun to receive and offload ethanol railcars. The terminal in Rialto CA is served by the Union Pacific Railroad and is less than a mile from gasoline blending terminals that supply the greater San Bernardino and Riverside County-Inland Empire region...

Discounts provided on TriPac APU preventative maintenance

Thermo King has announced discounts on preventative maintenance services for the TriPac hybrid auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system...

NATSO recommends
US senators extend
biodiesel tax credit

Senate leaders to quickly extend the biodiesel tax credit before it expires December 31. An extension would ensure an affordable biodiesel supply for the nation’s 3.5 million truck drivers and secure the environmental investments of the nation’s truckstops and travel plazas...

Study advocates enacting
climate adaptation policies

A new white paper asserts that short-term efforts to increase the transportation system’s resilience will reduce long-term costs from climate change and proposes federal policy options for the Obama administration and Congress to address the impacts of climate change on the transportation sector...

Global biofuels production
reduces GHGs dramatically

Just in time for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference now underway in Copenhagen, Denmark, new data once again confirms the significant greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from global biofuels production...

Failure to extend biodiesel
tax credit would impact
economy severely: study

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) released a study conducted by economic analyst John M Urbanchuk. This study examined the economic impact of the biodiesel industry and the negative consequences of allowing the federal biodiesel tax credit to lapse...

Global chemical group
offers eight principles
for post-2012 GHG talks

Prior to the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) announced eight policy principles to guide post-2012 discussions...

Delphi agrees to supply
Allison hybrid components

Allison Transmission Inc has entered into a long-term business agreement with Delphi Automotive Systems LLC. Under terms of the agreement, Delphi will supply Allison Transmission with key hybrid drive system components and energy storage systems...