GHG Phase 2
Truck, Engine Makers Refine Products to Meet 2021 GHG Emission Standards
A Cummins X15 engine on display at a 2019 industry show. In October, Cummins announced the availability of its 2021 emission-compliant X12 and X15 series diesel engines. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Original equipment manufacturers and engine suppliers have found a variety of ways to meet the challenges posed by the 2021 Phase 2 standards for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency.
November 16, 2020Trailer Manufacturers Motion to Proceed With Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas Suit
A Hyundai Translead manufacturing plant. (Hyundai)
The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association has asked that an appeals court lift a suspension so the association can move forward with its lawsuit seeking to block a Phase 2 greenhouse gas rule provision that would for the first time regulate trailers.
December 16, 2019Trailer Makers Seek Timeline for Review of Phase 2 GHG Rule
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
A trailer makers group is asking a federal appeals court to require that two federal agencies state when they plan to make a final decision on a 2016 Obama-era heavy-truck greenhouse gas rule. Whether revised or kept in place, the rule would regulate trailers for the first time.
August 10, 2018CARB Defies EPA, Retains Obama Era Phase 2 GHG Rule
Fitzgerald Glider Kits booth at MATS by Philip Scott Andrews for Transport Topics
The California Air Resources Board on Feb. 8 unanimously approved plans to retain two Obama administration Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions rule provisions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that would regulate glider kits and trailer emissions.
February 8, 2018EPA Proposal to Repeal Glider Kit Limit Draws Strong Battle Lines
Fitzgerald Glider Kits booth at MATS by Philip Scott Andrews for Transport Topics
A proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to repeal a limit on the number of glider kits built annually is shaping up to be a battle pitting independent truckers and those that would reap economic benefits from more gliders against environmentalists, new truck makers and most trucking-related trade organizations.
January 18, 2018EPA to Issue Rulemaking Repealing Phase 2 Rule for Glider Kits
GHG truck with gliders by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
The EPA has notified the Office of Management and Budget the agency intends to issue a proposed rule repealing the greenhouse gas Phase 2 emissions requirement for glider vehicles, glider engines and glider kits.
October 30, 2017GHG Phase 2 Rule for Trailers Put on Hold
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted implementation of a provision in Phase 2 of the heavy trucks greenhouse gas rule of 2016, which would have regulated trailer manufacturers for the first time beginning Jan. 1.
October 30, 2017EPA, TTMA Duel in Court Filings Over GHG Phase 2 Trailer Rules
C.R. England
In dueling court filings, Environmental Protection Agency lawyers said they want to postpone the start of a federal appeals court case on the trailer section of the Phase 2 greenhouse gas rule while trailer makers are eager to see the new rule scrapped.
September 26, 2017DTNA Already Working on Phase 2 GHG Compliance
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
ATLANTA — Presentations by Daimler Trucks North America looked to the future, including the notion of CascadiaE, an all-electric Class 8 the parent company of Freightliner Trucks might one day produce.
September 25, 2017