Sentences with phrase «truck fuel efficiency standards»

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Trucking Efficiency informed the government's new, more - stringent fuel economy and emissions standards for heavy - duty trucks — estimated to save 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $ 170 billion in fuel costs.

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These ambitious but achievable fuel efficiency standards for new cars and small trucks are already working.

Under today's federal standards, average vehicle fuel efficiency is set to rise to 54.5 mpg for cars and small trucks by 2025.

On October 25, 2010, DOT and EPA announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy - duty trucks and buses.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy - duty trucks and buses.

Details on the actually trucks are still slim at this point, but we expect GM to concentrate of fuel efficiency in order to meet the upcoming Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard for 2fuel efficiency in order to meet the upcoming Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard for 2Fuel Economy standard for 2016.

«Through new fuel - efficiency standards for trucks and buses, we will not only reduce transportation's environmental impact, we'll reduce the cost of transporting freight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Called the «XD» and launched with a standard Cummins ® 5.0 L V8 Turbo Diesel engine, the new TITAN XD offered some of the effortless towing and hauling of the larger, more expensive heavy - duty trucks — including an available maximum towing capacity of 12,640 pounds and maximum payload capacity of 2,420 pounds (when properly equipped)-- yet with fuel - efficiency and affordability closer to a half - ton pickup.

Interesting features of this model are responsive powertrains, Class - leading fuel efficiency, rear passenger space, safety features, smooth ride, and generous standard features Over 43 Million Happy Customers have trusted us when buying or servicing their cars and trucks.

The standard HEMI gas V8 delivers outstanding power and torque, but despite the efficiency - enhancing Multiple - Displacement System, which disables four cylinders under light loads, don't expect much in the way of fuel economy in a truck this massive.

So last year, we established a groundbreaking national fuel efficiency standard for cars and trucks.

The question was whether respondents would support a very high standard for vehicle fuel efficiency even if it raised the cost of cars and trucks.

Now, in my first term, we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks.

The Obama administration has an opportunity to propose strong efficiency standards for medium and heavy duty vehicles that can reduce new truck fuel consumption 40 percent by 2025.

When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that his agency plans to roll back fuel efficiency and emissions standards for cars and light trucks, some observers saw it as a win for the auto industry and for consumers eager to purchase gas - guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks.

Three - quarters of U.S. adults (76 %) say corporate tax incentives to encourage carbon emission reductions among businesses can make a difference, and roughly seven - in - ten (71 %) say the same about tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

These cuts are being considered in an effort to secure the first increase in CAFE standards in 30 years, raising the fuel efficiency fleet wide to 35 mpg by 2020, up from 27.5 mpg for cars and 22.2 mpg for SUVs and light trucks.

This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.

Washington, D.C. — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation proposed the first - ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium - and heavy - duty trucks and buses.

That includes stricter fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

The two key strategies include truck idle reduction (where not required by law) such as with a truck - stop electrification project and efficiency upgrades to trucking equipment in order to improve fuel economy above prevailing regulated standards.

We need leadership from the White House — and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption, including setting higher fuel - efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

One of the most important is the sudden surge in vehicle efficiency; new CAFE standards pushed by the Obama administration will increase the combined fuel efficiency of cars and light duty trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

New CAFE standards pushed by the Obama administration will increase the combined fuel efficiency of cars and light duty trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; and in the same year voted against repealing tax breaks for oil producers.

Moreover, fuel usage is ever - changing and diffuse (a majority of petroleum is not used in cars or light trucks, for example), while efficiency standards are by nature both usage - specific and frozen in time.

The next phase of the standards calls for improving the average fuel efficiency of new cars and light trucks to about 50 miles per gallon by 2025 in lab tests, corresponding to a real - world performance of about 36 mpg.