The Fleet Business Authority
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California gives some fleets a break on emissions rules T he California Air Resources Board announced it will recognize certain "good faith" efforts that truck owners have made to comply with the Jan. 1, 2014 particulate matter filter compliance deadline of its On-Road HeavyDuty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation. Fleets that can demonstrate they took one of the following actions prior to Jan. 1, 2014, and report into the Truck Regulations Upload and Compliance Reporting System, will not be subject to enforcement action until July 2014 on any truck where they: • Entered into an agreement with an authorized retrofit installer for a PM filter retrofit; • Signed a purchase contract and ordered a replacement truck that is Spot Freight: Spot market freight availability rose 1.9% in October, to a level that is atypically high for the season. Year-over-year, freight volume increased 24%, setting a same-month record for the fourth consecutive month. Spot Freight Index (Information provided by TransCore's DAR services) 2000 Index: August 1996 = 100 HOTLINE Trucking's Most Respected Business Report 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 C) AN EB AR PR AY UNE ULY UG EP CT OV EC D S O A N J J M J F M A (DE 2009 2010 equipped with a PM filter (2007 model year engine or newer); • Were approved or denied a loan or other financing for a retrofit PM filter or for a replacement truck that is equipped with a PM filter. In addition, fleets may be able to take advantage of some planned regulatory changes that would increase low-use thresholds, allow 2011 2012 2013 owners to opt-in to a number of flexibility options, offer some new options for fleets of three or fewer trucks, and get more time to comply with the PM filter requirements for vehicles operated in certain areas of California. Learn more at www.arb.ca.gov/ truckstop. U.S. RETAIL TRUCK SALES REPORT MANUFACTURER CLASS 8 33,001 LBS. & OVER OCT YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 7 26,001-33,000 LBS. OCT YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 6 19,501-26,000 LBS. OCT YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 3, 4 & 5 10,001-19,500 LBS. OCT YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE Chevrolet 3,094 28,112 10.64% Dodge/Ram 11,584 116,946 44.25% Ford 250 Freightliner 6,329 55,822 37.07% 2,615 6.58% 2,684 19,396 48.83% 1,157 9,336 23.28% 1,174 16,733 41.73% 10,047 92,317 34.93% HINO 134 International 1,464 1,184 0.45% 1,069 9,813 GMC 414 3.71% 3.69% 353 3,750 9.35% 94 733 0.28% 9,998 25.17% 851 9,042 22.55% 227 2,054 0.78% 132 968 2.14% 1 23 1 0.00% 203 1,693 0.64% 17 161 0.40% 1 84 0.03% 111 0.28% 16 0.01% 3,160 22,486 14.93% 1,235 Kenworth 2,309 20,822 13.83% 313 2,595 Mack 1,525 12,723 8.45% 2 0.01% 414 3,613 9.10% 40 0.10% Isuzu 1,503 11,325 4.28% Mitsubishi Fuso Peterbilt 2,498 19,997 13.28% UD Trucks NA Volvo Totals 24 HDT 0.01% 1,895 16,201 10.76% Western Star Other 6.53% 262 2,487 1.65% 7 40 0.03% 17,985 150,578 100% • DECEMBER 2013 5,030 39,723 100% 3,684 40,102 100% 28,237 264,300 100% Complied by Heavy Duty Trucking magazine. Source: Ward's Communications OCTOBER 2013 www.truckinginfo.com