dieselgate Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Truck Emissions Fraud Could be Greater than Dieselgate https://www.greenoptimistic.com/truck-emissions-fraud-dieselgate-20180218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/truck-emissions-fraud-dieselgate-20180218/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:17:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65254 CROSSVILLE, Tenn. –  A new federal loophole is allowing truck body manufacturers Peterbilt, Freightliner and others to go in tandem to assemble “gliders”, as these trucks have been dubbed because they are manufactured without engines and are later retrofitted with the rebuilt ones. These vehicles are cheaper to repair than modern emission compliant semi trucks and […]

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