How the EPA Laws Are Changing Trucking (As They Put the Squeeze on the Diesel Engine Trucks!)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The E.P.A. laws are changing the way the trucking industry operates. Some of the changes forced upon this industry have been devastating, especially to some of the diesel engine manufacturers.
-- How will the trucking industry hold up to these changes?
-- Will trucking as we know it change?
-- What do these changes mean for the owner operator and the company truck driver?
-- How will these changes affect the economy?
In this video, we'll address these issues as the EPA regs put the squeeze on our beloved diesel engines!
4:55 How Diesel Emissions Regs are affecting trucking.
6:17 The Devastation caused to our industry
6:52 Idling an Emissions Engine (Don't!)
7:20 How Emissions Regs have affected the Produce Industry
8:07 Truckers avoiding California (wishing the state would drop into the ocean!)
8:38 Engine Manufacturers Current performance
9:44 How did the engine manufacturers adapt?
12:07 How are truck owners surviving these changes?
12:30 Glider Kits -- A viable solution?
13:13 Rebuilding and Restoration + NO more California!
12:32 Everyone pays for the Emissions Struggle.
14:11 The Future. What Now? The Owner Operator? The Company Driver?
15:30 Are Electric Trucks the Answer?
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And a Good Day to You, _Big Strapper_ . Well how about you? _How do YOU feel about the EPA laws and regs?_ Are you worried it's going to make a mess of our industry and continue to cause devastation? Or is the move to put the squeeze on Diesel engine emissions the right move for North America? _Love to hear your thoughts._
I am a strong proponent of the EPA, including its stance on vehicle emissions. I also think we need to be practical about the application of the new standards.
My primary concern is how the cost of new technologies, such as DEF, cut into the profit margins of owner/operators.
I think things need to be kept simple, but incentivizing newer technology adds complexity.
@smarttrucking,
As I listen to your video, I am working for a trucking industry component supplier. A part of my project is to reduce aerodynamic drag of a common component. If it meets the specifications, the new product will have a tiny impact on the fuel consumption of new trucks. That tiny savings, projected over a 10 year period, amounts to about 600 gallons of diesel.
The interesting thing about emissions is no matter what there will always be emissions. I just found out that Washington state and California are going to outlaw new gasoline and diesel vehicle sales by 2030 and 2035 respectively. Also California is going to ban class 8 vehicles. Trying to prove that it's acceptable to pollute in the production of vehicles but the consumer can't pollute. SMH
The science is not the problem, the proposed solutions are just not being offered because there's more money in def repairs and the industry has had almost 50 years to get ready but refused to (50 years!!!). Had the industry demanded cleaner tech years ago from the manufacturers instead of waiting for the EPA to regulate it, the manufacturers would have developed stuff much faster but there was no incentive. I'm sorry but the industry didn't do enough and now blames the government.
I'm a diesel technician, and all these so called anti pollution junk that have to be on engines, are making them unreliable.
It wouldn't surprise me if they try to ban trucks older than 2014 on a national level. It's become way to hard as a single truck owner operator to it make between emissions and insurance.
My solution to emissions problems , is only buy older trucks, and stay out of California
California has proposed emissions test for class 8 trucks x4/year. Every 3 months you will have to take your truck to the shop for a “smog check”. It won’t be too inconvenient however, your average emissions truck is already in the shop about four times per year for repair anyway.
Just another government fee and 4 lost days of productivity, for the Owner Ops.
But people really appreciate you, despite doing things like this!
Just move out of California
Just get it after the repairs are done and your right the entire emission system including the cr pump the injectors the turbo the exhaust manifold the harness’s , ecm , def pump , heated def lines , all emissons cans mufflers, all sensors , entire cooling system , are all on a replacement interval like a spark plug or tires . You can be reliable if you replace all on interval . $$$$$$$$ . Approx every 5 years . 250000 to 500000 miles .
Everyone should move out of communist California
The only sane response to all this... is to get a glider kit and have an "older" drive line installed. Stage I electronics at the latest. But even that is debatable with all the added ECU's and other electronics in the cab. Either that, or buy an older truck already in good shape or rebuild it. In 2011 I went from a lease-purchase POS 2004 Freightliner Cascadia with absolutely incredible amounts of issues (and that was before the trucks were DEFecated on), to a 1991 International with a 120" sleeper. The engine... a mechanical CAT!!! And I went from, if I was extremely lucky, 5 - 5.5 MPG pulling heavy at 65 MPH... to 6.5 - 6.75 MPG at the same weights at 70-75 MPH!!!!!!!!! Oh and, I ran California ONCE and would not go back to deal with the Robo Cop DOT there even if the load paid $1,000 a mile. But, what about the age restriction companies have you ask? I leased on with a very small company (23 trucks) paying 82% of gross and they were happy to have me even though I could only load 40,800 in a dry van. They KNEW with that sleeper that I was going to be out for 2-3+ weeks at a minimum. The cheapest load I hauled for them was $2.31 a mile ($1.89 to the truck). And that was back in 2011-2012!!! Don't EVER lease on with a company at per-mile rates... you will get SCREWED I made more money with them than I did with FTI or Landstar or even hauling refers and Hazmat. Gave Hazmat up when I realized it was like painting a bullseye on the side of the truck for every state, county, and local cop out there.
Sadly... on the 29th of Feb 2012... a damn girl texting took me out. Was bobtailing home for my daughter's birthday and she ran a red light at 60 MPH and hit me square on the drives. Pushed the ass end over and lined me up with a large electric pole only 15 feet off the road. With the rear end still sliding around I bounced off the pole and it rolled on the driver's side. Then, to cap it all off, at 61 years old I had a heart attack in the meat wagon on the way to the hospital. I really feel sorry for the truck drivers out there now. Even in 2012 I had no electronics on the engine (no speed governor or history), no EZ pass, no Pre-Pass, no QualComm, GPS turned off on the cell phone, oh and paper loose-leaf logs. I got out, well was forced out, while the going was good.
Man this channel has really grown on me. Here's a successful man who could be spending his time relaxing and getting a tan(which would be totally acceptable) but instead has chosen to put himself in a position to inform and educate the next generation of truckers. Thanks for the info brother and much respect 🙏 you're an inspiration to us rookies out here. I'm starting from nothing with an old 2000 chevy with 300k miles on it being the only thing to my name. But I'm in school to get my cdl and I WILL make it. Thanks again for the info brother from somebody just starting out I need all the help I can get 😅🤣
How many electric trucks will be able to recharge at the same time without the power grid failing?
Anymore then 2 would cause a worldwide power outage and would take 1 full month for the truck to have a 30 second charge
@@jaquaviontaviousbonquequex9066 Exactly, and what happens if you run out of charge in the middle of nowhere. I wonder how that will work out.
The amount of time required to recharge will be troublesome. There won't be an adequate number of charging stations in many regions. Truckers will queue up waiting for hours.
Stupidest trucks I have ever seen 😂. I hope those things don’t become a big thing. I doubt they will survive pulling earth moving equipment or up north in freezing temperatures. You won’t ever catch me driving one of those. Maybe to park it on the train tracks 😂 What are those things gonna do without Jake brakes and stuff. Absolutely trash and a waste of money. I just love bashing those things 😆
@@timothykeith1367 Hopefully a gas powered portable generator can charge these things up.
The little man needs to regulate stupid politicians
It amazes me how much Canadiens know about The States. Because I know little to nothing about our neighbors up north.
We're just a little bit smarter is all
I got a 2003 Freightliner with an MBE 4000 with zero emission crap on it. You don’t let it idle much because it’ll burn you eyes with fumes. Still getting 8 3/4 to 9 mpg and cruise control holds her at 65 with any load behind her. I am going on 72 years old and I think l might have timed thing out about right, they will be happy to put both of us in the graveyard soon.
@Smart Trucking The best situation is to let California go electric and just have terminals across the California border... Switch over to diesels... and strip the emissions off trucks.
That would create many more jobs and is a great idea!
I don't run the states anymore just Western Canada and love it. In the past few short years I've noticed the revival of older trucks as in 80's vintage on the road. Great to see and far more reliable and easy to work on than the new garbage. I own a 1993 W/S basic ECM on 60 series. Would never purchase a new truck too expensive and unreliable.
Great video as always Dave! And it's a shame what has happened in the trucking industry, when it comes to emissions its nothing but a scam! Like I've told you before, to eliminate emissions is not by choking the engine, you need it to burn better in the combustion chamber. A diesel will always smoke no matter what, but I'd rather it puff a little bit every now and then, then to have it all get spit out at once during the regen cycle. From the research I've done, I've found to better help both the driver and the emissions is to run a water methanol injection at the intake to reduce nitrous oxides and eliminate the egr, and then twin turbos to reduce smoke output. Water methanol is a catalyst that helps promote a cleaner burn and also cools down the combustion chamber. The twin turbos helps introduce air at the low rpms where the injectors are wide open but don't have enough air. I know Dave you said Cat didn't have much luck with the twin setup, because the big turbo was starved for oil, I feel a bigger oil pump or they ran both turbo with separate oil feed systems the starving for oil would be reduced drastically.
It seems like an easily solved problem to maintain adequate lubrication on both turbos. Especially compared to the hoops they're jumping through with these after treatment systems. That's interesting about the methanol injection.
@@reggierendert6494 I feel when all this crap started Cat was already ready to close the doors when it came to emissions, the twin setup was probably their last hoorah to try and change the direction. And water methanol I've got to say is probably our best bet, nitrous oxides or smog is caused by an efficient hot burn, the water will cool down the combustion while the methanol will help the air and fuel bind better for a more efficient burn. We are already filling up on def which does nothing but inject into the exhaust, why not we fill up on something that helps performance AND emissions.
They should offer lifetime warranties on this emissions crap if it’s so important to them. It’s Thousands of dollars to repair. And also soot falls to the ground, it doesn’t stay in the air..
Not to mention you can buy it in a bottle (bucky balls) as a health supplement lol
It's really the NOx and the CFCs they're worried about, stuff we can't really see. I blame China and Vietnam for this because they're chugging out pollution day in and day out from their sweat factories
Hell if the EPA mandates that crap let them pay for it!
Damn, Dave you just painted a scary picture of the future of trucking. I don't see electrical trucks being a viable option for the trucking industry. LPG, and NPG maybe but I just don't see the infrastructure for electric trucks. Just the charging time alone will be a big deterrent for trucking.
Its not i laugh when i hear people say it is dedicated sure it could work for certain jobs they just will tax the shit out of diesel like the government always does when they regulate shit they will need to make a engine with a clean alternative fuel source instead im not a engineer but hydrogen nuclear maybe solar idk but battery electric wont work
Freight companies must haul chargeable cargo for customers rather than carrying the heavy batteries. In many cases the batteries will weigh more than the freight on board.
My service truck is a 1994, my driver is a 2005 (deleted) and the next one I am building is a 1968 International Loadstar
Richard Nixon and good intentions don't belong in the same sentence
In Australia, They are proposing to remove trucks older than 20yrs by increasing running costs....
The Cummins Red motor has caused so much financial pain for Operators...
Not my Cummins! I’m on my 2nd one (a 565 hp ISX) which has over 1.3 million miles on it and still going strong.
New regulations requiring an hourly rate for drivers and break down pay will force mega carriers to invest in lobbying for reductions in emissions. Only way I can see a fix to this.
It’s time company drivers got hourly pay.
Cat is on the emission systems too. I was just looking at a 785 Cat mining truck with a 3512 Cat V-12. 700 gallons of diesel, 36 gallons of DEF. I’ve also heard rumors of a Cat return to on Highway truck engines, which would be nice…
If anyone could figure out how to make a emissions engine almost as reliable as a no emission engine it's CAT. If they ever do return to highway engines it is because they have figured it out and Detroit and PACCARs days would be numbered.
Hi there, here in Europe incremental taxation encourages the throw away truck. Who benefits? I read a credible research paper working out the grey energy used to make a vehicle. In average 7 tons of raw materials for 1 ton of vehicle... When I started trucking in the nineties we drove rigs decades old and smoking black. While it is true that today with euro 6 norms applicable only warm air comes out of hidden exhausts the average vehicle life is around 4 years... Bottom line is we are churning up much more raw materials for our tailpipe thinking. What a waste! Let's look at the big picture here 🤔
So you tell me they can build all these charging stations but can't build places for trucks to park. Yea right
i parked mine when fuel went thru the roof, now it’s just another toy in the garage ✌🏻
I love the stories and comments about the "Lettuce King"!! Keep up the great work!!
Who can afford a new rig now days. My Dad was a trucker and made a good living. I parked my 06 Freightliner w/reefer 3 years ago. I quit going to CA because I would get pulled into the inspection sheds EVERYTIME I went out there. Tickets for nothing. I put a lot of money back into my rig to keep it up and road worthy. I never had any problems in the other 47 states. I had the CAT dual turbo w/13spd. It would run with the big boys. But I give up and called it quits. One person can't fight the modern day government.
If small fleet doesn't buy the old lease trucks , don't think would be lease programs available for big carriers
Hello! Love the channel! While I don't drive truck, I do drive charter buses on the side for a small company in Southwestern Pennsylvania. We run Prevost H345 Coaches. The older ones used Detroit Series 60 12.7 engines set at 430 hp. We had a 2000 and 2001 model. Each of them was capable of getting 7-7.1 mpg regularly with the double overdrive Allison B500 6 speed auto and a Jake Brake. The 2005 and 2007 models have the same engine, both with the 2004 emissions requirements (the 2007 was early enough to have the 2006 engine). They also have the same transmission. The fuel economy of these two coaches averages 5.9 mpg. When you are dealing with these small numbers, 1.1-1.2 mpg is huge difference. What I don't understand is, while these coaches may burn fuel a little cleaner, they are burning much more fuel over the same mileage. Isn't this excess fuel consumption bad for the environment? Its burning more fuel, depleting fuel supplies, not to mention the cost. I just find this to be an interesting fact. As an aside, our 2011-2019 Prevosts have the Volvo D13 engine with DEF. These engines run pretty good, but they only get 6.2-6.3 mpg, plus the added cost of the DEF. Just seems counter-productive to the goal of minimizing the impact on the Environment. Thanks for all you do for the Professional Driving industry!
You have noticed what many of us have been saying and you're absolutely right, newer engines burning more fuel pretty much defeats the purpose of the whole exercise.Something else along those same lines is just coming out. Seems if you follow the start of manufacture of an electric car, which requires elements of what they refer to as "rare earth" mined in China and look at the mining process and manufacture process through to the expected end of life of an electric car and the associated costs of dealing with the disposal of large car batteries, the associated pollution is more than is created in the life of a small gas automobile. Go figure! Thanks for watching and commenting Eric!
@@SmartTrucking Thanks for the reply! I agree with you 100%. It would be one thing to take these measures if the environmental benefit was great, but it seems like it isn't helping, but hurting! I also bet that those mining practices you mentioned in China are probably not done in safe or environmentally friendly ways either.
They main issues with an APU is that a lot of drivers don't maintain them.
If maintained they can pay for themselves in 18 months with fuel savings.
And no more glider kits allowed now as well
Might have missed it,but what is the tare weight of an electric truck?
20 year driver here, I have 8 years until everything i have financed is paid off. After that I'm free to leave trucking if I choose. I love driving truck, but I've become tired of worrying about my job. Minimum wage going up, I should be able to make it at the bottom. I'll have my max ss benefit coming, other investments on the horizon. Its time for an exit strategy.
I worked for a company that used Volvo day cabs with 5th wheel lift kits as jocky trucks at a customer location to spot trailers. Long story short the trucks would need to do a parked regeneration some times 3 to 4 times a week or more. They would regen sometimes for several hours at a time. By the time they finished the regen they were close to being out of fuel. Then you had to drive to get more fuel. The company would rather burn 50 gallons of fuel a week regenerating and traveling to get more fuel rather than replacing the dirty DPF filter. None of it made any sense to me. Sometimes we would have two trucks regenerating at the same time! This hurt are ability to spot trailers for the customer. I have watched lots of videos on RUclips showing guys rebuilding old trucks they found left in farm fields. This may be the best way to go right now. This def dpf stuff adds a lot to the price of a new truck it might be smarter to rebuild a old one.
Maybe if the remaining engine manufacturers would grow a set if nads.
At some point we have to stand up to the incompetence...
Lets just use Prius’s to carry all the cargo!!💩
Or use those hypothetical "tesla semis" 😂 and run out of juice within the first 100 miles
Believe it or not Train locomotives are the OG hybrids
@@michaelviardable no way are those things going to be pulling heavy loads. Those are the stupidest looking trucks ever. I like the cars they make but they need to leave big trucks alone.
Diesel particulate is only a health problem in congested urban traffic. The system should bypass when the GPS says the truck is out on the open road. In rural areas pervasive dust carries health risks to people with asthma and respiratory illness - dust can't be regulated - if it could be regulated the EPA would attempt to do so. In 2007 the EPA was considering regulating water vapor .Reservoirs built to store water for cities would have had to be covered to reduce evaporation. That's because water vapor is the largest atmospheric component that causes warmer weather - much more potent than so called greenhouse gases like CO2.
1975 was the first year for “smogg-pumps & catalytic converters” mandatory on all new cars in the USA. Within 10-15 years they improved (lowered) the CO2 output of gas engines and the smogg-pumps where eliminated but Catalytic converters are still required today.
I would love to see the emission problems come to Air Force One. Pay 35% of repair cost on warranty claims. How quick would it be fixed?
yes EPA said 40 mpg I got it 2007 Toyota Yaris not Tractor it was CA that did it the engines are junk. 1 month ago dragged from the grave
To me, the old pre emission engine is part of the FUN of driving truck. I think they are going to phase out the diesel engine as well as the truck driver. I don't want to experience that. Not to say I don't want a clean environment.
if they do push out truck driving.....they'll be sure to quickly reverse their idiotic decision making.
the sudden flush of truckers will destroy the nation faster than a crashed market of all the wallstreet fatcats
EPA going to regulate themselves out of existence
Honestly the engine companies should've just said nope. Not doin it. And just drop the trailers at the California border..
@11:13 International still has in house engines. They have the A26 13L.. Look it up
48 years experience, 1999 Freightliner Classic, 1.3 millskis, $15,000.00 + 50,000.00ish to rebuild entire truck subtracted from 175,000 ish for a FUCKING Cascadia equals 110,000 that you didn't spend to begin with.
Plus any interest on borrowed money.
Elizabeth the IV hasn't made me walk home yet, doing Salt Lake, -Las Cruces-Phoenix once a week since 7-20.......
In other news, I blew up three Cascadias in three years, all well under 500,00 miles, and very well maintained.
Ironically, of those sensors I hate declared me innocent.
It was cheaper to scrap the trucks than put a motor in them.......
The road to hell is paved with good intentions 😆
Very interesting video Dave
What if the other state starts following California 🤔
Even with electric trucks not all pollution will end, with the higher demand for electricity, more power plants have to be build and what will power them? coal, there is not enough solar and wind generated power to meet the demand now, second, where will all the old batteries will end up when they meet their life's end? Landfills? I hope not, would they be recycled, I doubt it. What this country need is more solutions, not regulations, but government is not coming up with any solutions any time soon.
Gliders are phased out now.
Yep beef is really high now
I'm a Big Strapper here. I like it.
Emission related repairs and down time should be tax deductible.
Tesla semi, weighs over thirty thousand pounds as a bobtail tractor, and in order to charge in 1/2 hour, it needs a charger that draws between 1 and 2 megawatts. One-megawatt is a 1250 amp 480-volt 3-phase circuit for each and every charging stall. If its 2 megawatts double the amperage to 2500. And that's for each and every charging stall not the whole charging facility.
So now you've got a truck that only runs about 200 miles before needing charged,can only be home about thirty five thousand pounds in a trailer,and you need to spend well over a million just to be able to install charger capable of charging one truck at a time.
Yeah, local runs for those.
Down with Tesla, they're ruining America
Just look at the Texas freeze this past February. Electric trucks would have died.
Tesla Bobtail weights 30,000#! You can't haul shit with a truck that heavy!
185/ hr, here at the pete dealership in Fontana. Just to work in the shop.
CAT actually makes emissions engines now... Just not truck engines... But it's tough to find data and information on them..
Diesel powered cars become hugely popular in europe in the last 20 years, and emission problems are the same. Most european countries mandate an inspection, including emissions, every year or two. I've seen many cars with egr, dpf, scr delete pass without a problem.. and if the govt favored research in to more efficient engine designs we'd all be at gain but as old folk in my country say - money drills where a drill bit won't
And all those Sensors that go Bad all the time.
Cummings is not testing in california a opposed piston engine now that has less emissions and better MPG!
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency, not Association
TL;DR have a look at series diesel electric propulsion like locomotives.
I hate that it's ruining trucking an it's extending to performance modifications for diesel pickups an sports cars I'm getting a heavy modded 95 mustang an have ambitions of getting a tuned up diesel truck for side work.
Yep 3408s suck that fuel up they love it. I own a ‘79 W900A that has that engine. Love it but the fuel cost... yep. It’s a show truck it does pull a step deck flatbed trailer.
the Glider kits have been gone for a couple years now "Fitzgerald"
👍😉. Lots stuff thinks about.
As far as the killing of the oil field jobs goes. In 1978 Henry Kissinger went to King Khalid of Saudi Arabia and made a deal with him that if the Saudi's bought the USA's debt with the Federal Reserve the USA will shut down our oil fields and buy our oil from them. The Saudi King agreed and upon inking the deal OPEC dropped the price of crude to $9.00 per barrel. Prices at the pump went to $1.00 per gallon for the first time in history and the economy went to an all time low since the depression in the 1930s.
EPA, the A stands for agency
What about Volvo and Pacer engines?
Another thing no one talks about, you don't see 1 million mile trucks any more. The manufacturers know this, they know they will be selling a lot more trucks more frequently. Every new model year the cost of trucks goes up, we're gonna be priced out of our own industry.
Well I own a 2,369,000 mile truck that has no DEF and I plan on keeping it for quite a while. And guess what? It’s a 2005 Volvo VNL 780!
I will never go to California period no matter how much the load pays
Goodbye to trucking - Goodbye USA. God bless truckers.
Thanks for addressing this subject. I know my opinion is not going to be a popular one on this channel, but it is what I BELIEVE to be the truth from all of the research that I have done. First off, I would like to say that I love trucking and driving a large car like you have Dave. However, I believe that changes to emissions should have started decades ago. I don’t believe we had 75 or 100 years to allow manufacturers to make changes. With the information that I have found over time, it appears to me that the damage we have all done over the years is catastrophic. I truly believe that the changes to lifestyle are more critical than those in equipment. From what I have learned about electric vehicles, it appears that they are not much better than the combustion engines we now use. It’s like deciding if you would prefer to die of liver cancer or heart disease, both are bad. I know trucking will continue to be needed, but I think we are soon going to face unavoidable change. I am sure many on here will disagree. We are all entitled to our own opinions. I simply hope I am wrong.
Thank you sir. Glad to see that we don't have to be a dumbass ignorant to be a real trucker.
$153 an hour in Saskatoon, Sk.
In all Practicality Let California and New York Fend For Themselves. I Live in NY. The emissions today in automobiles are very good and there are far more 4 wheelers on the roads with aggressive drivers ( One Hand On The Streering Wheel, One Foot on the Accelerator, and One Foot One the Brake ).
Electric Trucks will be a disaster.
Better Emissions Vehicles can be made but Big Oil Companies would never allow it in the past.
Rules n Regs are great ways for corporations to make money. It’s like the diet industry making money off the agricultural industry.
I liked this video
If we would just shut down for two weeks and say screw the epa make them back down but nobody has the balls
Is it possible that they have thought it through and that this is the purpose behind their mandates?
Why don't they make diesel electric trucks that the diesel motor is smaller an work like a generator to charge the batteries that run the electric transmission motors to turn the wheels. Before they go all electric like cars. This is like the evolution change from horse powered to steam powered then diesel powered, now electric powered transports it's going too happen slowly.
How about boats, planes, trains, army?
They always want to start with a little guy
There was a pilot flying commercial from Oakland to Hawaii, 6 hours to kill
So he calculated that it will take him driving his diesel pickup 42 years straight to use up amount of fuel that takes his plain to use one way to Hawaii
What are people gonna eat, wear, build out of when we go down?
Yeah I don't deal with commforina my tailer is to long for them
But anyways at this point if I had to guess theres going to b a company like ExxonMobil or (insert big oil name) that will develope a battery system like your cordless drill has but much larger and u pull in for a shower ham eggs and battery swap ounce a day there will b brands of battery you will have to go right place for your battery or take hit on swap price cause they don't use your battery will take about 20 mins just like fuel today there will b juice prices just like fuel I dont want this system I like how it is now but it's the most feasible thing I could see happening
Also no increase in MPG from the engines either. after the ant eater t-600 that sloped hood was the last jump in mog for the industry from 4 MPG to 6-7MPG. It seems an RV shore power system will be needed on trucks and truck stops, but drivers are not reimbursed for those things like the old Idle Aire system for example, so that will not work.
Remember the soot is thrown in the trash unregulated as it is just carbon and thrown in the trash. Literally told this by a Peterbilt mechanic when i asked what happens to the soot particles removed from the filters. there is a technology proven to work and power vehicles and deactivate nuclear waste. it is proven to work in the lab repetitively. it is called the SAFIRE project and generates more energy than it uses to sustain itself and keeps running after the iron catalyst burns out. Here is the link... ruclips.net/video/7GFFfmBGb5U/видео.html
I would like to see you do an episode on this upcoming plasma reactor technology.
Electric cars and trucks is not the solution either, They get their power from a factory which we know pollutes the air more than trucks and cars already.
Imagine now charging all these vehicles how is the grid going to keep up, And now all that extra pollution makes no sense, Sounds like a bigger headache to me.
Hyliion Trucks will save the industry !
Leave it to to Government to further ruin trucking.
Government handbook:
Step 1: Government sees problem.
Step 2: Government tries to fix problem.
Step 3: Government makes problem worse.
Step 4: Go back to Step 1, and repeat 2 &3.
Hyliion's hypertruck erx has a viable natural gas/battery hybrid electric solution. 1300 mile range and the battery gets charged driving down the road. Companies like Schneider will be testing these hypertruck erx trucks this fall.
At the end of the day the Government dont if the end users have to pay more to purchase what comes on a truck. They can afford to pay it versus a middle class citizen
Why is it that Canada and the US have to have this bs called emissions on their trucks? Sorry forgot Europe does as well. But yet factories, railroads, and ships don't have to have squat on their equipment. They pollute worse than a truck does and yet the government doesn't go after them. What about places like China, Vietnam or India where they don't do emissions why do we all have to pay for them? There is no way the trucking industry can clean up enough air to make a difference when all the others are allowed to pollute. Its already a proven fact the non emissions trucks are way more reliable than the crap being built now. Sure the new ones may, and I stress may, get better fuel mileage but for what it costs to repair them when they break, well let's say that will buy a lot of diesel not to ,entire we will be making money while they are in the shop. That being said I have not a clue how to fix the problem other than I know regulating one industry to death and ignoring the other industries is not going to solve the problem.
You hit the nail on the head Rick with your comments about factories, railroads, ships, and other nations.
I hope the market will find a solution. We struggled with auto emissions in the 70s. Do you ever see a classic car in that vintage. Trucks will evolve and be better. It will be a painful time for our industry. I’m retired and I realize it’s easy for me to have this opinion. We are not going back to the good old trucks. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Diesel engine has served its purpose and will be replaced my another technology.
All we can do is adapt. The information you provide drivers is factual, informative,. I never miss an episode.
It is possible that the oil industry will produce a new fuel that is easier to meet future emissions regulations, but will that fuel be economical ?
1 more comment movie called i robot! If you haven't seen it has a hint of the future! Trucking was mentioned in it and not in a good light.
EPA,is it law? or is it legal law? Truckers.
I hate DPF systems.
I thought it was Carter that founded the EPA
They just can't leave people alone damn people any8
There are already a shortage of truck drivers. Get rid of older trucks and and won't be any truck drivers. Older trucks to them is anything older than 2010. There are thousands of these trucks on the road
------------- a electric truck is emissions exempt ....and will easily accomplish what the FMCSA has been grappling w/for years ---------- (via default).... limit drive time --- hey ST
Don't forget those damn driverless trucks r coming
I I could rule over things I'd eliminate epa
Sad times ahead guys- remember all the stops and things you see on the road because they’re going to make it happen no IF, AND’s or BUT’s. They’re building charging station trucks stops as we speak and companies like Amazon, FEDEX and UPS are all on board (in fact they’ve preorder some of not already have them on the road). Get your money while you can
They want electric trucks and cars because they're a clean alternative but tell that to the states that burn coal, diesel and other fossil fuels to produce that clean electricity and what happens to the batteries once they won't hold charge anymore. Those batteries are very toxic and are a nightmare.If you wreck you better be able to get the heck out of your truck because those batteries burn good and are hard to extinguish.
It's not going to be long til Jesus returns anyway epa can't stop that time us running out people praise God