More Fuel Efficient Trucks in the Next Few Years

Today I was reading an article called “Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules” in the dailyherald.com website that was written by the Associated Press and I realized that this could be a good direction for trucks to be built.



The article talks about the Obama administration creating a new ruling for fuel efficiency that is going to affect the transportation industry.



The group called the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are working together to create a more environmental friendly truck model beginning to be sold in 2014 up to 2018. Only medium and heavy-duty trucks are involved in this ruling from President Obama’s administration.



The plan from the White House wants a 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions as well as fuel usage in long haul trucks. These include “bid rig tractor-trailers, vocational trucks such as garbage trucks and transit and school buses, and work trucks such as heavy-duty versions of the Ford F-Series, Dodge Ram and Chevrolet Silverado.”



The article never did tell their secret of how it is going to be done, except using the word “hybrid”. Hybrid gives one a thought of bio fuels and motors that can run the bio fuels.



Sure, there will be a higher cost in the front end of buying the new trucks, but the end results have several good financial as well as environmental repercussions. The vehicles, no matter what type, will cost a lot more but the fuel mileage will save money in the monthly overhead costs and the environment will have less pollution for our children to breathe in as well as the resources that will be needed.







http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101024/business/101029805/