Growing adoption of clean diesel systems utilizing Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology is reducing emissions and increasing fuel efficiency in heavy-duty trucks and smaller vehicles, according to Diesel Technology Forum Executive Director Allen Schaeffer.
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Mack’s optimized lift axle, powertrain specs spell cement hauling fuel economy
Sources: Mack Trucks, Greensboro, N.C.; CP staff
Mack Trucks has unveiled a sensor technology, Load Logic, and 6×2 liftable pusher axle option for its Pinnacle highway tractor, citing the potential for fuel efficiency and driver productivity improvement in cement and other bulk material deliveries, where vehicles tend to haul out heavy and return empty.
Read MoreClean-diesel proponent confirms fuel economy, environmental merits of SCR
Source: Diesel Technology Forum, Frederick, Md.
Growing adoption of clean diesel systems utilizing Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology is reducing emissions and increasing fuel efficiency in heavy-duty trucks and smaller vehicles, according to Diesel Technology Forum Executive Director Allen Schaeffer.
PCA TO FEDS: PAVEMENTS PART OF VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY, LOWER EMISSIONS EQUATION
Responding to the White House’s second phase of fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks, targeted for 2015-16 rulemaking and implementation, Portland Cement Association CEO Gregory Scott noted, “We should expand the debate beyond making more efficient [vehicles] to making more efficient infrastructure.”
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