Construction Fleet News

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - RSC Equipment Rental, the operating company of RSC Holdings Inc., launched an equipment emission tracking service that automatically calculates greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions from diesel powered equipment.

Tags: emissions

WASHINGTON - Instead of three standards, the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency worked with state agencies to propose clearer standards for all automakers, beginning with the 2012 model-year.

Tags: CAFE, DOT, emissions, EPA, fuel, NHTSA

WASHINGTON - A new study shows that clean diesel technologies in engines manufactured beginning in 2007 not only reduced certain emissions by 90 percent over 2004 models, but far exceeded expectations in their performance in cleaning up the nation's air quality.

Tags: American Trucking Associations, ATA, CARB, Department of Energy, emissions, EPA

LONG BEACH, CA – Older big-rig trucks now can have cleaner emissions than even the most modern clean diesel trucks. Johnson Matthey’s latest diesel emissions technology, the SCRT system, was unveiled in Southern California recently at the “Future Is Green” conference.

Tags: Class 8, diesel vehicles, emissions

SACRAMENTO, CA – The zero emissions, AC motor MILES ZX40ST work truck will be showcased publicly for the first time at the Green California Summit.

Tags: emissions

ATLANTA – As the first OEM to announce it will meet EPA 2010 emissions standards on its medium-duty engines without selective catalytic reduction (SCR), International officials said they’re poised to continue their leadership in the Class 6 and 7 segments.

Tags: Class 6, Class 7, emissions, EPA 2010, International