Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles -- such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks -- consume about 26 percent of transportation fuel used in the U.S. Congress has charged the U.S. Department of Transportation with developing fuel economy standards for these vehicles, whose fuel consumption currently is not regulated.
TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES TO REDUCING THE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF MEDIUM AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, assesses technologies that could lower the fuel use of this group of vehicles. The report also recommends approaches the federal government could take to regulating these vehicles' fuel consumption. The report will be released at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 31.
Reporters can obtain copies by contacting the Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. Advance copies will be available to reporters only starting at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 30. THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 11 A.M. EDT ON MARCH 31.