truck emissions 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/truck-emissions-fraud-dieselgate-20180218/feed/ 0 65254 Hydrogen Fuel Cells Technology Cools Refrigerated Trucks While Cutting Emissions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrogen-fuel-cells-technology-cools-refrigerated-trucks-cutting-emissions-20130906/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrogen-fuel-cells-technology-cools-refrigerated-trucks-cutting-emissions-20130906/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:30:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41404 Refrigerated trucks might soon be equipped with a new clean technology that could replace the diesel-burning cooling system with fuel cells and reduce significantly the amount of emissions. Thanks to engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), delivering fresh produce and frozen foods could finally become much more environmentally friendly. The team developed fuel […]

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