New Regs Drive Up Truck Prices

Buy now-pre-2007 models don't have to be retrofitted to meet new standards.


*A reduction in emissions of smog-causing nitrogen oxides by 2.8 million tons each year will be achieved when the program is fully implemented in 2030. Emissions of soot would be reduced by 110,000 tons each year.

*A significant reduction'almost 33,000 tons each year'of toxic air pollutants (such as benzene), many of which are known human carcinogens.

*The proposal is equivalent to removing the pollution created by 13 million trucks today.