For example, updated fuel efficiency standards for light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles were incorporated in AEO2012 and AEO2013, tending to lower CO2 emissions relative to earlier projections.
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Such heavy-duty vehicles account for 17% of all petroleum usage in the US. An example: a heavy duty 18-wheeler might travel 60, 000 miles per year and get 5 mpg (using 12, 000 gallons of diesel fuel).
On Tuesday, August 9th, the President will travel to Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce first-of-their-kind fuel-efficiency standards for work trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles.
So far, heavy-duty vehicles appear to be excluded, and either way, it's unclear how many years auto makers might have to work black boxes into their future models.
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Noji's peek into China comes from 23, 000 heavy-duty vehicles spread across the nation's vastness, each fitted with an antenna that via satellite link tells Komatsu where it is and what it's doing.
He is, however, confident that Terex, a global manufacturer of a wide array of construction equipment, heavy-duty utility vehicles, and aerial work platforms, will become as widely known worldwide as CAT.
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Heavy-duty pickups and vehicles like buses, delivery trucks, or vans would save one gallon for every 100 miles traveled.
This third wave will also see a significant number of new heavy-duty natural gas vehicles, including bus and truck fleets.
While not perfect, which almost nothing ever is, its utilization, both for heavy-duty transport and for family vehicles, can potentially afford real economies.
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We did not evaluate vehicles classified as "heavy duty, " like the 3500 series of the Dodge Ram, which are exempt from federal fuel economy requirements.
And the list of products potentially affected is long: mowers, tillers, pressure washers, blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, generator sets, mixers, loaders, pump units, backhoes, forklifts, farm vehicles, motorbikes, go-carts, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, inboard and outboard motoboats and heavy-duty trucks.
Aside from heavy-duty pickups, only about 3% of U.S. light-duty vehicles are powered by diesel today.
Its engine segment (49% of net sales in 2010) produces a wide range of engines that run on diesel and natural gas used in heavy-, medium- and light-duty trucks, buses, automobiles, RVs, and industrial vehicles.
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