SmartWay Program May Help EPA Shape Greenhouse-Gas Rules

As federal regulators ready mandates to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions and improve heavy-duty trucks’ fuel mileage, Environmental Protection Agency and trucking company officials said that research gleaned from EPA’s 8-year-old SmartWay program can help shape those […]

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Electric Trucks Reach the Market

It appears that the time for electric commercial trucks has arrived. After years of announcements promoting concepts and prototypes, several suppliers have introduced battery-electric production models. As with other alternative power systems, such as hybrids […]

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Regular Check-Ups Prevent Costly Fixes

Ken Eggen at Tango Transport in Shreveport, La., knows that one size doesn’t fit all. That is why he has separate preventative maintenance checklists for each of the three engine models his fleet runs. He […]

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