By reducing emissions from
diesel trucks in North America, it could cut back on soot substantially.
It's easy to associate
diesel trucks in the U.S. with massive power, since the 3/4 - and 1 - ton trucks equipped with diesels are typically pumping out stupid - high 800 and 900 lb - ft torque figures.
«Overall, the Semi is more responsive, covers more miles than
a diesel truck in the same amount of time, and more safely integrates with passenger car traffic,» says Tesla in its official announcement.
Not exact matches
For example, the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach
in southern California
in July approved a plan to replace their current fleets of mostly
diesel trucks with zero - or near zero - emissions vehicles by 2030.
And I'm going to see another technology
in the U.S. that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions from
diesel trucks by up to 50 % while preserving horsepower.
The company, based
in Fullerton, California, retrofits large
diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage
trucks and off - road construction equipment with a system that cuts smog - causing emissions by as much as 90 percent.
Roberts, for his part, commutes
in a
diesel pickup
truck retrofitted with his system.
The Volkswagen emissions - cheating scandal has killed off
diesel as an option for US consumers who aren't
in the market for a big pickup
truck.
Opened by International Harvester
in 1974 to remanufacture
diesel engines and engine components for its
truck and agricultural and construction equipment dealers, the plant had lost $ 2 million
in the most recent fiscal year, and the big question was whether the employees, previously nonunion, would vote to join the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers
in an election scheduled for March.
Today, a 2017 model year
diesel truck or bus sold
in the U.S. is over 98 % cleaner than one 17 years ago.
In 2016, CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. found that some of the most in - demand jobs included sales managers, insurance sales agents, heavy and tractor - trailer truck drivers, bus and truck mechanics, and diesel engine specialist
In 2016, CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. found that some of the most
in - demand jobs included sales managers, insurance sales agents, heavy and tractor - trailer truck drivers, bus and truck mechanics, and diesel engine specialist
in - demand jobs included sales managers, insurance sales agents, heavy and tractor - trailer
truck drivers, bus and
truck mechanics, and
diesel engine specialists.
Irwin says
truck companies will have to watch the market carefully, because tougher regulations on
diesels or an improvement
in charging infrastructure could make electric
trucks more viable very quickly.
In fact, even if you have only two of the four motors active it will still beat a
diesel truck.»
Without a trailer, the Tesla Semi achieves 0 - 60 mph
in five seconds, compared to 15 seconds
in a comparable
diesel truck.
It does 0 - 60 mph
in 20 seconds with a full 80,000 - pound load, a task that takes a
diesel truck about a minute.
The Tesla Semi is unveiled — a semi-
truck that can go 0 - 60 mph
in just five seconds, which is three times faster than a
diesel truck
The Tesla Semi is unveiled — a semi-
truck that can go 0 - 60 mph
in just 5 seconds, which is 3x faster than a
diesel truck
One of the largest restaurant franchisor / franchisee organizations
in the United States, TA Restaurant Group is a division comprised of more than 850 food concepts that are affiliated with TravelCenters of America LLC - a Fortune 500 company that offers gasoline and
diesel fueling, restaurants,
truck repair facilities and convenience stores
in 43 states and Canada.
The company is also converting its
truck fleet from
diesel fuel to more environmentally friendly compressed natural gas and is aiming to reduce its landfill - bound waste by 50 percent
in the next five years.
They put lots of gas or
diesel fuel
in their cars or
trucks, and sometimes they have to get their
trucks or trailers repaired by local businesses before they can return home.
In addition, we go beyond organic certification standards and implement our own standards, like not using coconuts from heavily populated areas where they are exposed to polluting forces such as
diesel and gas fumes from
trucks and other vehicles.
Gary Schaefer, president of Hey & Associates, which oversees the dredging project for the Park District, learned that some of the truckers working for Elgin - based Martam Construction Inc. had put
diesel fuel
in their
truck beds to keep the material from adhering when it was dumped.
In the home stretch of a relatively quiet Democratic primary, mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese turned his attention to garbage
trucks, railing against de Blasio for allowing the Sanitation Department to buy 340 new
diesel trucks.
The DEC's study did not address health impacts, although other independent studies conducted at the Peace Bridge made a strong link between Peace Bridge pollution, especially
truck diesel fumes, and high asthma rates
in the nearby neighborhood.
In mid-August, on the day before Enck was to meet with residents concerned that the state had not done enough to address the issue of oil trains and industrial pollution at public housing near the Port of Albany, the state announced it would devote hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment for the area and step up enforcement of rules regulating diesel truck
In mid-August, on the day before Enck was to meet with residents concerned that the state had not done enough to address the issue of oil trains and industrial pollution at public housing near the Port of Albany, the state announced it would devote hundreds of thousands of dollars
in investment for the area and step up enforcement of rules regulating diesel truck
in investment for the area and step up enforcement of rules regulating
diesel trucks.
An Investigative Post report produced
in partnership with WGRZ has found a strong link between Peace Bridge pollution, especially
diesel truck fumes, and high asthma rates
in the neighborhood adjacent to the bridge.
Those studies — the most recent
in 2006 — found a link between bridge traffic, particularly
diesel truck fumes, and high rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses
in neighborhood residents.
Federal Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck and New York State DEC Commissoner Basil Seggos joined other government officials
in a candid two - hour session with Ezra Prentice residents, who have long suspected oil trains and
diesel truck traffic could be responsible for their health issues.
Volunteers including people from AVillage Inc pitched
in for a
diesel truck traffic count, finding nearly a thousand big rigs a day pass through the neighborhood.
BP, under fire nationally for all the obvious reasons, was a player pushing against an Albany bill to reduce the level of of sulfur
in home heating oil sold
in the state to the levels
in diesel trucks - a measure that narrowly passed the state Senate after a party - line vote against it by the GOP minority.
, was originally addressed
in the microgrid project literature as a reduction: «Noise associated with the obsolete emergency
diesel generators will no longer exist and tractor - trailer
trucks delivering fuel will be reduced,»
The heavy traffic of
diesel trailer
trucks, which has been an ongoing issue
in the South End, was originally addressed
in the microgrid project literature as a reduction: «Noise associated with the obsolete emergency
diesel generators will no longer exist and tractor - trailer
trucks delivering fuel will be reduced,» the project's FAQ site reads.
«We have reason to believe [my family members] have suffered from cancer and other life threatening illnesses as a result of their exposure,» he said, citing the «bomb» train and
diesel truck traffic
in the South End as an ongoing example
in which communities feel overlooked for an economic benefit.
A petrol tanker on Thursday morning collided with a
truck conveying
diesel at Aseese
in Ogun State with fuel gushing out from the petrol tanker.
«There's still a perception from the past where
in consumers» minds,
diesel engines are for
trucks or are dirty and stinky,» said Torsten Karnahl, general manager for product strategy at Volkswagen, which recently upped production of the
diesel - powered Passat to meet rising demand.
In 2007, medium - size and heavy
trucks used 34 billion gallons of
diesel fuel.
Felled by a petrol - guzzling chainsaw, it was carted to a paper mill
in a
diesel - powered
truck.
It's the kind of place where a
truck rumbles
in once a week to deliver staples to the local store, and where electricity comes from
diesel and solar generators.
Just beyond the playground fence, a line of
diesel trucks was idling, stuck
in traffic as they made their way from a massive port complex to a congested freeway.
«It really does help me to see these things,» she said, as she walked
in the Hudson school yard over to the wire fence to watch the
diesel trucks snaking by.
Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor
in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from
diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.
In New York City alone, idling vehicles emit as much pollution as nine million
diesel trucks driving from the Bronx to Staten Island.
Many factors — including
diesel truck traffic, oil production and geographical setting — contribute to the problem
in a basin that deters air circulation and traps pollutants.
Daniel Cohn, leader of the MIT project, says his team's «plasmatron» fuel reformer could clean up the
diesel engines
in commercial
trucks and buses, which are a leading source of transportation pollution
in the United States.
These included the Clean Truck Program, which replaced the port's fleet of old, dirty
diesel trucks with EPA - compliant vehicles equipped with particle filters, and electrifying the ports so ships can just plug
in to power their infrastructure while at the dock.
One area the government has yet to touch is to replace clean
diesel engines
in trucks.
And,
in 1990, Plant Vogtle
in Georgia lost all externally supplied electric power — just like Fukushima Daiichi's reactors — when a
truck backed into a transmission line and the backup
diesel generator failed, forcing it to rely on its last power source: batteries with an eight - hour life.
FedEx has also been upgrading its fleet of Express
diesel trucks to cleaner - burning models, and is making similar upgrades
in its Freight and Ground divisions as well.
The carbon - packed constituents are ubiquitous
in airborne particulates, coming from sources as diverse as pine trees and
diesel trucks.
For example, he did a study on
truck drivers and found they have a much higher risk for heart attack,
in part, because they are constantly around
diesel fumes.