In about two years’ time, the nation’s major truck tradeshows likely will begin highlighting conventionally fueled equipment with dramatically reduced emissions if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed standards take hold for model-year 2027 vehicles.
Last year, the EPA unveiled a set of proposals geared toward minimizing the levels of greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter released into the air. Those standards would apply to light- and medium-duty vehicles and would phase in over model years 2027 through 2032.