DTF was included in a March 27, 2023 report by FleetOwner titled The emissions race: Does trucking's future still have ICE in its veins?
Executive Director Allen Schaeffer was quoted multiple times in the news report.
He said, “The more significant impact of the rules are the business side of the useful life and warranty requirements, which have jumped from 435,000 miles to more than 800,000 miles for an OTR tractor. This means that all parts of these emission control systems must be able to function for much longer periods of time than today, and manufacturers will be on the hook warranty-wise at some level for how well the units perform, not just in years 3 and 4, but in years 7 and 8, assuming about 100K miles a year. So there is a significant business/economic aspect to this rule that is new for manufacturers, and will certainly drive up the cost of a new truck."
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